India, July 29 -- A Delhi court has directed the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) to set up a medical board to assess whether the accused in the Delhi Assembly security breach case was of "unsound mind" and therefore incapable of defending himself during trial.

The direction was issued by Additional Sessions Judge Ankur Jain of Tis Hazari Courts on Monday after the accused's counsel Anshul Shukla informed the court that the 37-year-old was suffering from bipolar disorder and moved an application under the Mental Healthcare Act, seeking the constitution of a medical board to evaluate his mental condition.

The judge ordered that the accused be produced before the IHBAS director whenever required for the purpose of ...