The Supreme Court has stepped in to enquire why the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in West Bengal was not letting a Scheduled Caste (SC) student with borderline personality disorder transfer to IIT Delhi, where he could get affordable mental health care at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi while being with his parents.

The case is one of the first cases since the apex court declared “mental health an integral component of the right to life” in a judgment in July this year. The judgment had underscored that mental health was central to a life of dignity, autonomy, and well-being.

Setting comprehensive guidelines for institutions of every nature to protect students with mental health issues and engage with them, the court, in July, had recognised the

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