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'While Fighting Pandemic, Ignorance Invites Calamity' : Telangana HC Expresses Dissatisfaction With Govt Publication Of COVID-19 Data

"Although the Government may claim that it is doing all that it can do to contain the spread of COVID-19, but the data supplied by the Government, and the information available in the Media Bulletin, and in the press, reveal a disturbing picture", observed the Telangana High Court on Wednesday.The Court pulled up the state, saying that for the last two months, repeatedly the court has...
"Although the Government may claim that it is doing all that it can do to contain the spread of COVID-19, but the data supplied by the Government, and the information available in
The Court pulled up the state, saying that for the last two months, repeatedly the court has been passing orders "hoping to bring the gravity of the situation to the notice of the state Government", and also hoping that the directions of this Court would be implemented, "but to no avail".
Taking strict stock of the situation, the division bench directed that, in case the directions issued
The bench of Chief Justice Sri Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy noted that despite the fact that the court had directed the state Government
"The ICMR has repeatedly emphasised the need to collect the samples as widely as possible, from as large a segment of the population as possible. But, according to the Press No
The court expressed that It is, "rather surprising" that the Director has gone against, and has violated the
Therefore, what is being revealed by the
Besides, the bench noted that despite the fact that by its order dated 18.06.2020, this Court had directed the Government to publish the critical information on a daily basis, not only in its Media Bulletin, but more so in regional newspapers, "such direction seems to have
"It is only, on 17.06.2020. i.e. one day prior to the order dated 18.06.2020. that
Moreover, it said that since in the Report furnished by the Government,
"Needless to say, while fighting a battle against a pandemic, ignorance is not bliss. In
Further, though the Court had also directed the GHMC to publish ward-wise information and to communicate the same to the Colony Associations, there is no evidence to show that even the said direction has been implemented.
Besides, there is also no evidence produced by the Government, which reveals
Considering the present scenario, the Court issued the following dir
l) The State is directed to implement the directions issued by the court on 18.06.2020.
2) The State is directed to give detailed information w
3) The vital information mentioned hereinabove, shall be published on a daily
4) ln case, the Government were to conclude that there is disharmony between the GHMC, a
5) The State is directed to submit its
6) The State is directed to furnish the list of containment clusters, if such a list is
7) The State is directed to furnish the finding of the Central Team, which recently visited the State on 27.06.2020, and 28.06.2020.
8) Noting that the figures being submitted by the State before this Court are fudged in respect of certain regions, the government is directed to
9) The State is directed to submit the affidavits of the S
10) The State is directed to
"This Court has passed detailed orders on 08.06.2020, and 18.
It continued to hold that "it is, indeed, trite to state that it is the
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