New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- Directing urgent executive and judicial intervention, the Delhi High Court on Monday ordered the registration of a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) over the "pitiable conditions" faced by patients, attendants, and their relatives, who are forced to brave the cold outside hospitals due to a lack of adequate night shelter facilities.

A Division Bench comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla passed the directions after taking note of a news report published on January 11, 2026, titled "Night shelters packed, patients, kin brave the cold outside hospitals."

The court noted that the article highlighted distressing conditions for people waiting for treatment in hospitals who have no place...