New Delhi, April 4 -- A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Delhi High Court, raising concerns over the non-disbursement of Rs 1000 per month as nutritional support to a large number of homeless tuberculosis (TB) patients under the Nikshay Poshan Yojana.

The petition has been moved by Social Jurist, A Civil Rights Group, through its President, highlighting the alleged systemic exclusion of homeless TB patients from welfare benefits.

The Central Tuberculosis Division, the Union of India through the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the Government of NCT of Delhi have been arrayed as respondents in the matter.

Filed through Advocates Ashok Agarwal and Kumar Utkarsh, the plea urges the Court to take urgent ...