Cabinet approves promulgation of Ordinance to amend the making such acts of violence as cognizable and non-bailable offences and to provide compensation for injury to healthcare service personnel or for causing damage or loss to the property.<\/p>\n
Amendment to be made to Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and Ordinance will be implemented. Such crime will now be cognizable & non-bailable. Investigation will be done within 30 days. Accused can be sentenced from 3 months-5 yrs & penalised from Rs 50,000 upto Rs 2 Lakh: Union Minister P Javadekar<\/strong><\/p>\n In case of grievous injuries, the accused can be sentenced from 6 months to 7 years. They can be penalised from Rs 1 Lakhs to Rs 5 Lakhs.<\/strong><\/p>\n As reported by ANI: “Central Government has brought an ordinance to end violence against health workers, carries imprisonment from 6 months to 7 years if anyone found guilty.”<\/p>\n Media Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cabinet approves promulgation of Ordinance to amend the making such acts of violence as cognizable and non-bailable offences and to provide compensation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":209514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29535,4],"tags":[40833,40832,37790,40834],"class_list":["post-228597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cabinet_decisions","category-legislationupdates","tag-grievous-injury","tag-healthcare-service-personnel","tag-non-bailable-offence","tag-violence-against-healthcare-workers"],"yoast_head":"\n
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