Wadhawan's medical report sought, he questions speed of order

Wadhawan argued that due to the CBI court's order cast serious aspersion on his behaviour. Judge should have called for a record and heard us, he said

The Bombay High Court has asked JJ Hospital to submit a medical report of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited’s (DHFL) promoter Dheeraj Wadhawan where he was taken for some tests following a prolonged stay at a private hospital.

The CBI had recently directed Wadhawan's transfer to JJ Hospital observing that he had played fraud on another court while availing the order in June last year by suppressing that the CBI court had already rejected his plea for private hospital admission. Wadhawan was arrested in 2020 first by the CBI in connection with the Yes Bank case and then by the Enforcement Directorate. He is being tried by the special CBI court and special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Justice PD Naik, on Monday, directed JJ Hospital to submit a medical report on Wadhawan's ailments and the medical treatment being provided to him by Wednesday.

The HC is hearing a petition filed by Wadhawan challenging the order of the CBI court directing his transfer to JJ Hospital from Kokilaben Ambani

Hospital, where he was admitted in December 2020, stating that the CBI court tried to override the orders of the PMLA court although both have the same standing.

“I can die. The institution can not be allowed to continue like this (one court overriding the other court's orders). The manner in which the court had dealt with the health of an inmate is unacceptable. Where there is an order of one court, which is dealing with the health of an inmate, another court cannot override it,” said Wadhawan's lawyer Amit Desai.

He further argued that due to the CBI court's order, doubts were cast on his behaviour. “This kind of an order casts serious aspersion on our behaviour. Judge should have called for a record and heard us. Of the 15 months that I (Wadhawan) was there, one more week wouldn’t have mattered. What was the need to hurriedly pass such an order (directing transfer to JJ Hospital). What is the need for haste? asked Desai.

Following CBI court's order, Wadhawan was taken to JJ Hospital, where he was examined and kept under observation for one-and-a-half days and then taken to Taloja prison.