The Supreme Court on Tuesday, October 28, transferred to the National Human Rights Commission a PIL for the implementation of a 2017 law on safeguarding the rights and needs of persons with mental illnesses and asked it to monitor the matter.

A bench comprising Justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan said the rights body should monitor the petition filed by advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal in 2018.

The top court took on record an affidavit filed by the Centre and noted that statutory authorities have been constituted to implement the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.

It, however, noted that the petitioner has sought several other "prayers". These shall also be monitored by the NHRC.

The top court had previously said that Parliament enacted the Mental Healthcare Act in 2017 which contemplates esta

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