India, Aug. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday denied interim bail to self-styled godman Asaram, who is serving life sentence in a 2013 case of sexually assaulting a minor, on medical grounds but allowed him to engage a caretaker of his choice for assistance inside jail and to approach the court in the event his condition deteriorates. A bench of justices MM Sundresh and PB Varale passed the order after going through a report prepared by the medical board of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, which recommended round-the-clock monitoring of 86-year-old Asaram on account of his multiple health ailments but did not suggest hospitalisation. "The petitioner will have liberty to have assistance of a trained caretaker of his choice on a round-the-clock basis," the bench said. htc...