India, March 13 -- The Bombay high court on Monday upheld an order evicting Paraplegic Foundation, which has been assisting public hospitals in the city in rehabilitating paraplegics for decades, from the old barracks of Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General (LTMG) Hospital in Sion, but ordered the civic authorities to provide alternative premises to the trust for a five-year period in the hospital complex.

"The necessity of a facility which caters to the requirements of paraplegic can hardly be over-emphasised," said the court, and ordered the Foundation to handover possession of its present premises to the hospital by April 30, 2025, and directed the hospital administration to provide alternative premises to the Foundation within four weeks...