The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the central and AAP governments on a plea seeking rehabilitation of leprosy-affected patients who became homeless after being released from a correction home post decriminalisation of beggary.
Justice Vibhu Bakhru asked the Delhi government counsel to seek instructions on the issue and listed the matter for further hearing on January 22.
The plea filed by one of the displaced leprosy patients said he along with 40 others have been forced to stay on roads in the shivering winter and beg to sustain themselves.