New Delhi: The SC said the Unnao rape survivor's family, which wants her to be treated at a Lucknow hospital as of now after she was critically injured in a road accident in Raebareli, is at liberty to take a call on shifting her to AIIMS here.

The apex court took note of a statement made by senior advocate V Giri that she is unconscious and on ventilator, and her family has expressed that she be treated at the Lucknow hospital for the time being. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi accepted the suggestion and said the survivor's family is at liberty to take a call on shifting her to AIIMS in Delhi from Lucknow.