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Summary The LHC denied medical checkup permission to an Indian prison of death sentenced.
Lawyer of Indian inmate of capital punishment, Sarbjit Singh, filed an application in the Lahore High Court, maintaining that his client’s health deteriorating for months so the court should allow his medical checkup.The counsel for the Punjab government told the court that the convict was healthy and in no need of medical checkup.After hearing arguments of the both parties, Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry dismissed the plea.Meanwhile, the counsel for the federal government told the court that no application was filed on behalf of Singh to get the presidential pardon.
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