INDIAN MENTAL HEALTH LAWS: EMERGENCE AND ANALYSIS by Aparna Goswami
Author : Aparna Goswami, Student at University Institute of Legal Studies, Punjab University. INTRODUCTION Each year since 1992 the World Mental Health day has been celebrated on October 10. With the increasing emphasis on destigmatizing mental illnesses it is imperative that Mental Health Laws, which still remain a mystery to laypeople, should be given a bigger platform for discussion and evaluation. When trying to understand current day laws for people…