A lawyer was attacked by monkeys in the Supreme Court campus on Wednesday as she was entering the court premises leaving her with injuries and trauma. .Advocate S Selvakumari was entering through Gate No. G located beside the top court museum when was suddenly attacked by a bunch of monkeys with one of them biting her right thigh. She rushed to the first aid clinic of the apex court but the dispensary was undergoing renovation."I tried to enter Supreme Court and one of the monkeys bit my thigh. There was no one to save me also outside the gate area. No one was stationed, then when I rushed to the Supreme Court dispensary, there was renovation work going on," said Selvakumari..The lawyer was rushed by her friends to the polyclinic located near the Registrar's court but there "were no medicines" available there either."There were some doctors in the polyclinic... they only cleaned up the wound. But there were no first aid medicines. Nothing at all. I was just asked to go to Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital," said Selvakumari..She then went to the Delhi High Court dispensary where she got a tetanus injection."After that, I went RML hospital and I got another three injections. Thereafter, another two injections today. Now I have some reactions on my body. There is a lot of fever and mental trauma. They should have at least bare minimum medicines. No one to ward off the monkeys also at the gate or save from such incident," said the lawyer who is a permanent member of the Supreme Court Bar Association..Back in 2022, the top court had issued an official tender for people to “scare” off monkeys trespassing into judges’ bungalows.“The approximate numbers of bungalows are 35 to 40 situated within radius of three to four km from the Supreme Court of India and monkey scarers will be deployed as per the requirements or as and when required,” the notice had read. In 2023, a PIL was filed before the Delhi High Court which had sought setting up of a committee to ensure implementation of directions issued by a coordinate bench in 2007 to curb 'monkey menace' in the national capital.
A lawyer was attacked by monkeys in the Supreme Court campus on Wednesday as she was entering the court premises leaving her with injuries and trauma. .Advocate S Selvakumari was entering through Gate No. G located beside the top court museum when was suddenly attacked by a bunch of monkeys with one of them biting her right thigh. She rushed to the first aid clinic of the apex court but the dispensary was undergoing renovation."I tried to enter Supreme Court and one of the monkeys bit my thigh. There was no one to save me also outside the gate area. No one was stationed, then when I rushed to the Supreme Court dispensary, there was renovation work going on," said Selvakumari..The lawyer was rushed by her friends to the polyclinic located near the Registrar's court but there "were no medicines" available there either."There were some doctors in the polyclinic... they only cleaned up the wound. But there were no first aid medicines. Nothing at all. I was just asked to go to Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital," said Selvakumari..She then went to the Delhi High Court dispensary where she got a tetanus injection."After that, I went RML hospital and I got another three injections. Thereafter, another two injections today. Now I have some reactions on my body. There is a lot of fever and mental trauma. They should have at least bare minimum medicines. No one to ward off the monkeys also at the gate or save from such incident," said the lawyer who is a permanent member of the Supreme Court Bar Association..Back in 2022, the top court had issued an official tender for people to “scare” off monkeys trespassing into judges’ bungalows.“The approximate numbers of bungalows are 35 to 40 situated within radius of three to four km from the Supreme Court of India and monkey scarers will be deployed as per the requirements or as and when required,” the notice had read. In 2023, a PIL was filed before the Delhi High Court which had sought setting up of a committee to ensure implementation of directions issued by a coordinate bench in 2007 to curb 'monkey menace' in the national capital.
