New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to monitor the implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, ensuring the safeguarding of the rights and needs of persons with mental illnesses.

A bench comprising Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan observed that the NHRC should monitor the petition filed by advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal in 2018.

According to a recent PTI report, the top court took on record an affidavit filed by the Centre and noted that statutory authorities have been constituted to implement the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.

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It, however, noted that the petitioner has sought several other "prayers". These shall also

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