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Billing By Pvt Hospitals Highly Inflated And Unreasonable: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Mechanism To Regulate Cost On COVID19 Treatment Across The Country
Alleging commercial exploitation of Covid patients by private hospitals, a plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking nationwide Cost Related regulations for treatment of Covid 19 patients at private/ corporate hospitals. The plea has stated that presently when the nation is fighting a battle against a pandemic, all private hospitals running on public land allotted at...
NGT Orders Not Followed, Pune Resident Approaches High Court Citing Respiratory Problems From Overburdened Crematorium
A Pune resident has approached the Bombay High Court against the health hazards connected to the toxic emissions from the oldest crematorium Vaikunth Shamshanbhoomi in Pune, Maharashtra; its unscientific management and cremations of nearly 100 bodies in a day, despite an official capacity for just 20. The Public Interest Litigation filed by retired civil engineer and Pune resident...
Supreme Court Dismisses Gautam Navlakha's Plea For Default Bail In Bhima Koregaon Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by jailed activist Gautam Navlakha seeking default bail in the Bhima Koregaon case. Navlkaha wanted to include the 34-day period of his unlawful custody in 2018 while computing the period for filing chargesheet under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.A bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and KM Joseph dismissed Navlakha's...
Allahabad High Court Asks Centre About Policy For Vaccination Of Physically Disabled; Orders Establishment Of Public Grievance Cells In All Districts
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday asked the Central Government to come out with a plan for inoculation of physically challenged persons, who cannot visit the vaccination centres, against the Covid-19 virus. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar has also asked the Centre and the State to devise a plan for vaccination of such persons under the age group...
Rational & Equitable? Experts Analyze Centre's Affidavit Which Defends COVID Vaccination Policy
The Central Government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying that its vaccination policy was formulated based on widespread consultations with experts, state governments and vaccine manufacturers.The affidavit was filed in response to the prima facie observations made by the Supreme Court in its April 30 order that the Centre's vaccine policy was detrimental to right to health...
Following Karnataka High Court Order, Centre Increases Oxygen Allocation To State
The Karnataka Government informed the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday that the Central Government, as per its decision taken on May 8, has enhanced the daily quota of liquid medical oxygen for the state as 1015 MT with effect from May 11.Taking note of this development, the Court has directed the Centre to place on record its plan to comply with the order passed last week to increase the...
Karnataka High Court Passes Orders To Ensure Food Security During Lockdown
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State government, which has declared a lockdown till may 24, to immediately consider the proposal of distributing 10 KG of Food Grains free to PHH Card applicants and 10 KG's at 15 for NPHH Card applicants i.e those who had applied but for whom ration card were yet to be issued. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka...
Former Acting Chief Justice Of Gujarat High Court, Justice Vijay Manohar Sahai Passes Away
Former Acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, Justice Vijay Manohar Sahai passed away yesterday (May 11) after a prolonged illness. He was 68 years old.The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, also offered his condolences to the family.मुख्यमंत्री श्री @myogiadityanath जी महाराज ने माननीय...
Delhi High Court Hammers Delhi Govt For Inaccurate Information On 250-Bed Covid Facility
A division bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli, that has been dealing with issues of Covid-19 management in the capital today pulled up the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government for providing inaccurate information on the readiness of a 250-bed Covid-19 facility in one Indira Gandhi Hospital in Dwarka, New Delhi. Inter alia the court also looked into issues dealing with...
Allahabad High Court Stays Coercive Action Against Lucknow's Sun Hospital, Its Staffers For Allegedly Spreading 'False Rumours' About Oxygen Scarcity
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday (May 11) directed that no coercive measures shall be taken against Lucknow's Sun Hospital and its staff pursuant to an FIR lodged for allegedly raising "false rumours" about oxygen shortage.BREAKING: Allahabad High Court Says Compensation Must Be At Least ₹ One Crore For Death Of Polling Officers Due To COVID During Election DutyBREAKING : Allahabad...
Election Commission, Higher Courts & Govt. Failed To Fathom Disastrous Consequences Of Permitting Elections Amid Covid19: Allahabad High Court
"The Election Commission, the Higher Courts and the Government failed to fathom the disastrous consequences of permitting the elections in few States and the Panchayat elections in the State of Uttar Pradesh," said the Allahabad on Monday. A Single Bench of Justice Siddhartha has observed that due such short-sightedness, there has been a spike in Covid-19 cases in the State and the...