Overview

• Judges rejected her request to live with her mother or grandmother in the Andamans after a confidential mediation report deemed it unsafe and ordered her placement at the Government Children’s Home in Kellys, Chennai
• The bench directed her to undergo psychiatric evaluation by Dr. Venkat at the Institute of Mental Health with an interim sealed report due by August 26 and allowed her father to accompany her
• Minutes after the August 12 ruling, the 14- to 15-year-old jumped from the first-floor corridor of Court No. 5, suffering serious injuries that prompted an emergency court ambulance transfer
• CISF personnel and Tamil Nadu Police inspected the High Court premises and have launched an official inquiry to determine whether the fall was an escape attempt, accident or suicide bid
• The court maintained orders for her admission to the children’s home, permitted visits by her mother and grandmother during specified hours, and held the father responsible for all medical and related expenses