Law: Sindh Mental Health Act, (L of 2013)

Section: 15,11

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 199

Sindh Mental Health Act (L of 2013)--- ----Ss. 15 11---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Maintainability---Admission for treatment (in psychiatric facility)---Application by whom to be presented---Scope---Petitioner was seeking the constitution of a Medical Board by the Secretary of the Health Department to examine the private respondents mental fitness as a precursor to confinement in a mental facility---Petitioner had not taken any steps to seek appropriate relief under the Sindh Mental Health Act, 2013---Constitutional petition was not maintainable, as recourse to Art.199 would not be available under the given circumstances---Petition stood dismissed. ORDER YOUSUF ALI SAYEED, J.----The Petitioner seeks the constitution of a Medical Board by the Secretary of the Health Department, Province of Sindh, for examination of the Respondent No.5 so as to ascertain his mental unfitness as a precursor to his confinement in a mental facility. Apparently, the Petitioner and his wife had adopted the Respondent No.5 as their son, but had subsequently disowned him after which…

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