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Oxygen Shortage Amid COVID19 Surge: Rajasthan HC Bar Association Writes To Rajasthan High Court, Matter To Be Treated As PIL
Treating Rajasthan High Court Bar Association's letter as a PIL matter, the Rajasthan High Court will today hear the letter-plea raising concerns regarding the shortage of oxygen faced by the Covid hospitals. Accepting the request of the association, Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty has treated letter highlighting the plight of Covid patients and the situation arising out of shortage...
How Various High Courts Have Been Monitoring COVID19 Issues In Their Jurisdictions?
'Urgent: Need Oxygen' is flashing on all our screens left, right and centre. The present social conditions have a harrowing effect on the democratic institutions of our Constitution, that guarantees life, dignity and health. During these testing times, the Constitutional Courts that is our High Courts, have emerged as charioteers of justice and conscience. "If you don't feel ashamed of yourself, we are feeling ashamed of ourselves for being part of such a nasty society," the Bombay...
'Need Concerted Action By All Stakeholders': Chhattisgarh High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance On COVID Medical Needs
The Chhattisgarh High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the tsunamic second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and the inadequacy in medical infrastructure to tackle the same. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice PR Ramachandra Menon and Justice Parth Prateem Sahu has asked the State authorities about the plight of plight of patients, who were reportedly...
"He Collapsed In Bathroom, Tested Positive For COVID": Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Siddique Kappan's Transfer To AIIMS, Delhi
Citing medical emergency, the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) has moved the Supreme Court seeking the transfer of Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) or Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi. In its plea, the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) has submitted that on 20th April 2021, Kappan collapsed in the bathroom with...
Give Undertaking To Drop Contempt : Karnataka High Court Tells Office Bearers Of Bar Associations Who Called For Court Boycott
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the office bearers of Bar associations in the state, who gave a call to its members to abstain from court work, to file a fresh undertaking. The undertaking has to expressly state that they will abide by the law laid down by the Apex court, which holds the act of boycotting the court by advocates as illegal. Till then it has refused to drop...
Take Action Against Labs Failing To Give RT-PCR Results Within 24 Hours : Karnataka High Court
Observing that "the situation is very very bad," the Karnataka High Court on Thursday passed a slew of directions for proper covid-19 management and making available of medicine and oxygen to the patients being admitted in hospital. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar passed the following directions while hearing a batch of petitions, passed the...
'Safeguard Life & Health Of Prisoners': UP Bar Council Urges Allahabad High Court To Pass Orders For Decongestion Of UP Prisons
Citing the havoc created by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh has addressed a letter to the newly appointed Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court, Sanjay Yadav, seeking interim bail/ parole for under trial prisoners/ convicts. "The Print Media and the Electronic Media is full of report indicating doubling of infection during the last...
"How Can Less Privileged Especially Those Who Lost Job Because Of Lockdown Afford Vaccine At High Price?" Madras HC Asks Centre To Consider
Taking suo motu notice of newspaper reports about diversion of oxygen cylinders from Tamil Nadu to other states and the availability of Remdesivir Injection, the Madras High Court today enquired about the State's preparedness to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. Importantly, the Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy asked the Union of India to look...
Covid-19: 12 Diagnostic Centres Move Rajasthan High Court Challenging State's Order Capping Price For RT-PCR Test At Rs. 350
A dozen of Diagnostic centres of Jaipur have approached the Rajasthan High Court challenging the State's order capping prices of RT-PCR Tests for Covid-19 at Rs. 350/-. The matter is likely to be heard tomorrow by a division bench headed by Chief Justice Indrajeet Mahanty. The petition states that the charges fixed by the State Government are way below that actual costing to...
Ramp Up Testing; Set Up Mobile Vans; Release SoP For Upcoming Char Dham: Uttarakhand High Court Issues Directions To Prevent Spread Of Covid-19
The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday issues a slew of directions to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the state and to strengthen the existing medical infrastructure to battle the impending cases. The directions passed by a Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma include a direction to the State to regulate the forthcoming...
Show Cause Why Uniform Orders Not Be Passed By Supreme Court In COVID Related Issues : SC Issues Notice To Centre, States, UTs & Parties Before HCs
Taking suo moto cognizance of issues related to distribution of essential supplies and services during the pandemic, the Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre, State Governments, Union Territories and the parties who have approached the High Courts to show-cause why uniform orders not be passed by the Supreme Court in COVID-19 related issues.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA...