Advocate Injured in Monkey Attack Finds No Medicines at Supreme Court Dispensary, Urges Action on Safety and Medical Facilities
A lawyer was attacked by monkeys on Thursday while entering the Supreme Court premises, leaving her injured and traumatized. Advocate S Selvakumari was entering through Gate No. G, located beside the Supreme Court museum, when a group of monkeys suddenly attacked her, with one biting her right thigh.
In urgent need of medical attention, she rushed to the Supreme Court’s first aid clinic, only to find it closed due to ongoing renovation work. “There was no one to help outside the gate, and when I reached the Supreme Court dispensary, I discovered renovation was taking place,” said Selvakumari.
Her friends then took her to a nearby polyclinic near the Registrar’s court, but there were no medicines available for treatment. “The doctors at the polyclinic cleaned my wound, but there were no first aid supplies or medicines. I was advised to go to Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital,” she explained.
Selvakumari later went to the Delhi High Court dispensary, where she received a tetanus injection, followed by additional treatment at RML hospital, including three more injections. “Now I’m experiencing fever and other side effects from the trauma. The lack of basic medical supplies and no security to protect people from monkey attacks is concerning,” she added. Selvakumari is a permanent member of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
In 2022, the Supreme Court issued a tender to deploy personnel to scare off monkeys trespassing near judges’ bungalows. The notice mentioned that around 35 to 40 bungalows within a three- to four-kilometer radius of the Supreme Court required this service.
Additionally, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in 2023 before the Delhi High Court, urging the formation of a committee to enforce directions from 2007 aimed at controlling the growing ‘monkey menace’ in the national capital.
(With inputs from agency)
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