Citing that prison inmates also have the fundamental right to life guaranteed by the Constitution, the Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Taloja prison authorities to ensure that DHFL promoter Dheeraj Wadhawan was taken to Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in the city for a nasal surgery.

A single bench presided over by Justice P D Naik quashed and set aside the March 24 order of a special CBI court directing that Wadhawan be shifted from the private hospital, where he had been admitted for over 15 months, to the state-run JJ Hospital in the city.