Court: Only concern is Fernandes’ health

Jul 02, 2010 - Age Correspondent |

New Delhi

After going through the petition of Mr George Fernandes’ brothers Richard and Michael, Justice V.K. Shali said, “The court wants to ascertain what he wants. The person who, due to some incapability, was not able to be heard, the court wants to know what is in his mind to settle the issue.”
The brothers of the leader also moved an application in the court seeking the constitution of a medical board to assess the health condition of the ailing leader.
Expressing concern for the minister, Justice Shali said, “I am not on the legal dimension of the case. My concern is only about his health.”
The brothers also sought the court’s permission to shift him to his official residence at 3, Krishna Menon Marg from the residence of his wife in south Delhi’s Panchsheel Park neighbourhood. Ms Leila Kabir’s lawyer Aman Lekhi, however, objected to it, saying that Mr Fernandes was being well treated at a private hospital in south Delhi and there was no need to shift him to his official residence.
A former close aide of the leader, Ms Jaya Jaitley, on Wednesday alleged that she and her friends were denied entry to his official residence where they had gone to pick up some office material.
Ms Jaitley said she had a letter from Ms Kabir to collect her office material from the house. Ms Jaitley, along with the two brothers of the leader, also staged a protest when denied entry. The leader’s brothers in their plea alleged that Ms Kabir was not allowing them access to him.

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