Patna HC Stays Order For Registration of FIR Against Medical Officer For Recommending Home Quarantine To Asymptomatic Covid Suspect [Read Order]

The Patna High Court on Tuesday stayed the order of a District Magistrate directing registration of FIR and initiation of departmental proceeding against a Doctor who recommended home quarantine to an asymptomatic Covid suspect. The bench of Justice Prabhat Kumar Jha observed prima facie, "It appears that the petitioner (doctor) has acted in accordance with the guidelines...