"Right to sleep" basic human requirement, rules Bombay HC to ED
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The Bombay High Court on Monday declared ‘Right to Sleep’ as the basic human requirement and that it cannot be violated. The Court said this to Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning an elderly person throughout night in a money laundering case.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Manjusha Deshpande told the probe agency that statements must be recorded in ‘earthly hours’ and not at night when human brain needs adequate rest for proper cognitive functioning. “The right to sleep / right to blink is a basic human requirement, in as much as, non-providing of the same, violates a person’s human rights,” the bench said in its order.“The said person, so summoned, cannot be deprived of his basic human right, that is right to sleep, by the agency, beyond a reasonable time. Statements must necessarily be recorded during earthly hours and not in the night when the person’s cognitive skills may be impaired,” the bench added.The bench declared ‘Right to Sleep’ constitutional after it heard a petition filed by 64-year-old Gandhidham resident Ram Kotumal Issrani who was questioned throughout the night from 10:30 pm till 3 am, thereby depriving him of his basic right, enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution.