Supreme Court Asks Director, AIIMS To Nominate An Expert Panel To Assist The Commission Of Inquiry Constituted To Probe Jayalalithaa's Death
Live LawOn Tuesday, the Supreme Court asked the Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi to nominate a panel of doctors and specialists in the fields of treatment of the ailments suffered by the late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, to assist the Commission of Inquiry constituted by the State of Tamil Nadu to probe her death. A bench comprising Justices S. Adbul Nazeer and Krishna Murari disposed of a special leave petition filed by Apollo Hospitals challenging the order of the Madras High Court, which had rejected the plea that the aspirations cast against the Hospital by the CoI would vitiate the enquiry proceedings conducted by it. 829 dated 27.09.2017 to set up a Commission of Inquiry headed by retired Judge of the Madras High Court, Justice Thiru A. Arumugasamy with the mandate to examine the circumstances which led to the hospitalization of the late Chief Minister of the State, Jayalalithaa on 22nd September, 2016 and the nature of treatment Apollo extended to her after hospitalization. View taken by Madras High Court The High Court was of the view that the correctness, adequacy and inadequacy of treatment provided by Apollo could be evaluated based on the available medical records.