9 MAY2022fundamental or other legal rights. The committee shall be provided with access by the institution to inspect the premises and to interact with the inmates freely on a regular basis", said the court.The court ordered the Adhyatmik Vidyalaya to make inmate-related records available to the committee for inspection, saying the latter might consult doctors, psychiatrists, and other specialists to assess the women's physical and mental health. "At the same time, we make it clear that the institution shall be free to pursue its religious and spiritual activities, provided none of them infringes upon any fundamental or other rights of any inmate or any other person. The committee shall file its report on a monthly basis", said the bench.The Delhi government was also ordered to severely execute the Women's and Children's Institutions (Licensing) Act, 1956, and its restrictions. It also took note of the DCW's suggestions for forming a committee to investigate the affairs of similar institutions to ensure that women and children in similar institutions are not subjected to any violations of their fundamental or legal rights, and that proper vigilance and scrutiny are in place to ensure the welfare of such vulnerable groups. The court has urged both the Delhi administration and the Centre to consider the suggestions.After hearing a PIL filed by an NGO, the High Court instructed the CBI to examine the alleged illegal confinement of women and girls in the ashram in December 2017. While Dixit was charged by the agency subsequently, a Rouse Avenue Court labelled him a proclaimed offender in September 2019 and he has not been arrested since. In a 2017 report to the court, an inspection team stated that over 100 girls were confined in `animal-like conditions with little privacy' at the facility. Advocate Nandita Rao, a member of the team, had raised great concern about the convicts' health, saying that several appeared to be under the effect of drugs or narcotic substances. THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH ACCESS BY THE INSTITUTION TO INSPECT THE PREMISES AND TO INTERACT WITH THE INMATES FREELY ON A REGULAR BASIS
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