PMLA court rejects Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal's applications for checkup by personal doctor, home cooked food
Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal's applications seeking medical checkup by his personal doctor on regular basis and home cooked food inside prison.
Special judge MG Desphande, however, allowed his plea seeking appropriate bedding inside jail considering his health condition.
Goyal is currently in judicial custody in Arthur Road jail here in a money laundering case linked to an alleged fraud of Rs 538 crore at the Canara Bank.
Goyal had moved multiple applications for consultation from a personal specialist doctor, family physician and medical check up on a daily basis.
The special judge rejected his pleas saying the chief medical officer (CMO) of jail shall check the accused thoroughly everyday and will take immediate steps if any abnormality or urgent health issue is noticed.
The Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court also rejected his application for home cooked food.
The court said the CMO, from the point of health issues of the accused, will decide and fix jail food suitable for the accused and the prison superintendent shall allow Goyal to avail the same.
Goyal had moved another application seeking appropriate bedding facilities on a daily basis contending he had a history of heart disease and had undergone bypass surgery.
In his application, Goyal said he was prone to cardiac arrest (heart attack) and that he suffers from diabetes, mellitus, hyperthyroidism, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, among others.
The 74-year said he suffers from restricted mobility, severe shoulder impingement and neck pain and stiffness pursuant to his fall in June 2022 and also has spine issues.
Considering his ill health, the court had sought a report from the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the prison.
The judge said the report
