The High Court, today, was hearing a petition filed by parents of one of the inmates housed in the facility.
Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy, appearing for the petitioner, told the Court that the parents wanted to meet their daughter who is suffering from severe backache, but they were not being allowed to do so.
Guruswamy told the Court that the ashram is owned by Dixit, who has been chargesheeted by the CBI and has at least 10 cases pending against him.
She informed the Court about the reports furnished by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson, Swati Maliwal, and advocate Nandita Rao that revealed that the inmates were living in the ashram in ‘animal-like’ conditions.
Some of them appeared to be minors and showed signs of substance abuse, it was submitted.
Source: Barandbench
