{"id":230983,"date":"2020-06-17T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T04:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=230983"},"modified":"2023-10-03T15:44:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T10:14:32","slug":"bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Bom HC | In view of the extraordinary circumstances arising due to Covid-19 pandemic, it is imperative for the Government and the citizens to work together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Bombay High Court:<\/b> While deliberating upon the instant petitions, wherein various issues were raised vis-\u00e0-vis steps taken by the Maharashtra Government and the local authorities of the State to combat the issues arising due to the spread of Covid-19, the Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, C.J., and A.A. Sayed, J., issued certain directions to the State Government and the local authorities regarding the areas where they can further improve upon. The Court also observed that in view of the extraordinary situations emerging due to Covid-19, it is all the more imperative that the Government and the citizens, work together in order to put up a strong fight before the adversary that is Covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The instant petitions raised the following grievances-<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Failure and\/or neglect to provide testing facilities for frontline\/healthcare workers at non-COVID hospitals\/wards; Absence of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>PPEs for healthcare workers treating non-COVID patients<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Reluctance of the State to introduce capping of prices\/charges for pathological tests; omission to reserve beds in private hospitals for the weaker sections in terms of the provisions of the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Unhealthy conditions in quarantine centres<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Despite not being registered as a drug for the cure of COVID-19, Hydroxychloroquine (hereafter HCQ) is being administered thus contravening the New Drugs and Clinical Trial Rules, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">There are no telephonic helplines in cities other than Mumbai<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (hereafter MCGM) War room Dashboard contains incomplete information regarding the availability of beds; the data is available, is inaccurate.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Private hospitals ought to be reined in so that the patients are not required to bear exorbitant charges for treatment and care<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The respondents via their counsel A. A. Kumbhakoni, Advocate General and A.Y. Sakhare, submitted before the Court that detection of COVID patients; arranging facilities for testing; ensuring vigil measures in order to contain the spread of virus; ensuring the common people are well provided with essential items for their sustenance and at the same time easing the lockdown norms in order to allow the economy to stabilise; all such issues are essential matters governance and therefore should be left to the Government to be dealt in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Perusing the grievances raised in the petitions, the Court observed that the duty that the State owes to its citizens cannot be avoided by taking cover under the shield of policy matters. However, the Court also noted that, \u201cthe nation expects service, from each one of its citizens as well\u201d. Concluding the judgment, the Bench issued the following directions for the State Government and the Local Authorities-<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">The respondents were directed to proceed in the manner prescribed by the ICMR in the event any frontline healthcare worker at non- COVID hospital or ward wishes to get themselves tested. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Vis-\u00e0-vis distribution of PPEs, it was directed that the MCGM must ensure rational need-based distribution and leave no room for complaint in regard to its distribution and the other kits in keeping with the demands of the situation. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">The State Government should spread the net of free testing high and wide to cover the maximum number of people in distress and to extend to the public the facilities as per the Directive Principles of State Policy enshrined under Art. 47 of the Constitution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Regarding the administration of HCQ, the Court stated that same has not been banned by the guidelines of the ICMR; there is no reference to any specific incident where administration of HCQ has proved fatal, therefore the Court cannot dissuade the respondents from administering HCQ as prophylaxis, till such time the ICMR prescribes something to the contrary. However, it should not be administered to children below the age of 15 years and to pregnant and lactating women.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">State Government was directed to ensure that other municipal corporations State must emulate the MCGM\u2019s helpline (1916) and make available real-time information. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">MCGM directed to improve the contents of the War room Dashboard and make it effective by providing complete contents of the Dashboard on its website for the benefit of the general public. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Observing that non-COVID patients too have the Right to Health, the Court directed the respondents to take all such steps at its disposal to ensure that non-COVID patients do not suffer for want of adequate facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">State Government directed to consider an increase in the budgetary allocation for public healthcare for setting up more modern facilities to cope up with similar challenges in the future.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">[Jan Swasthya Abhiyan v. State of Maharashtra, PIL-CJ-LD-VC-21\/2020, decided on 12-06-2020]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bombay High Court: While deliberating upon the instant petitions, wherein various issues were raised vis-\u00e0-vis steps taken by the Maharashtra Government and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":74381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[39924,41981,40502,41968],"class_list":["post-230983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-covid-19","tag-hcq","tag-icmr","tag-non-covid-patients"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bom HC | In view of the extraordinary circumstances arising due to Covid-19 pandemic, it is imperative for the Government and the citizens to work together | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bom HC | In view of the extraordinary circumstances arising due to Covid-19 pandemic, it is imperative for the Government and the citizens to work together\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bombay High Court: While deliberating upon the instant petitions, wherein various issues were raised vis-\u00e0-vis steps taken by the Maharashtra Government and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-17T04:30:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-03T10:14:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1331\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/\",\"name\":\"Bom HC | In view of the extraordinary circumstances arising due to Covid-19 pandemic, it is imperative for the Government and the citizens to work together | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-17T04:30:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-03T10:14:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg\",\"width\":1331,\"height\":887},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bom HC | In view of the extraordinary circumstances arising due to Covid-19 pandemic, it is imperative for the Government and the citizens to work together\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\",\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Bhumika Indulia\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bom HC | In view of the extraordinary circumstances arising due to Covid-19 pandemic, it is imperative for the Government and the citizens to work together | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bom HC | In view of the extraordinary circumstances arising due to Covid-19 pandemic, it is imperative for the Government and the citizens to work together","og_description":"Bombay High Court: While deliberating upon the instant petitions, wherein various issues were raised vis-\u00e0-vis steps taken by the Maharashtra Government and","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2020-06-17T04:30:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-03T10:14:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1331,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bhumika Indulia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bhumika Indulia","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/","name":"Bom HC | In view of the extraordinary circumstances arising due to Covid-19 pandemic, it is imperative for the Government and the citizens to work together | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-17T04:30:20+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-03T10:14:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg","width":1331,"height":887},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/17\/bom-hc-in-view-of-the-extraordinary-circumstances-arising-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-it-is-imperative-for-the-government-and-the-citizens-to-work-together\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bom HC | In view of the extraordinary circumstances arising due to Covid-19 pandemic, it is imperative for the Government and the citizens to work together"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a","name":"Bhumika Indulia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","caption":"Bhumika Indulia"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":230726,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/11\/pak-sc-federal-government-of-pakistan-must-create-a-national-level-legislation-to-combat-covid-19-pandemic\/","url_meta":{"origin":230983,"position":0},"title":"Pak SC | Federal Government of Pakistan must create a national level legislation to combat Covid-19 pandemic","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"June 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court of Pakistan- Taking suo motu notice of the measures taken by the Federal Government and Provincial Governments to tackle the havoc wreaked by Covid-19 pandemic, the full Judge Bench of Gulzar Ahmad, CJ, and Ijaz ul Ahsan, Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed and Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, JJ.,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/supreme_court_of_jpakistan.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/supreme_court_of_jpakistan.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/supreme_court_of_jpakistan.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/supreme_court_of_jpakistan.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/supreme_court_of_jpakistan.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":348981,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/28\/gujarat-hc-grants-rs-25-lakhs-financial-aid-deceased-fair-price-shop-workers-wife\/","url_meta":{"origin":230983,"position":1},"title":"\u2018Can\u2019t be made to suffer due to authorities\u2019 default\u2019; Gujarat HC grants Rs 25 Lakhs financial aid to wife of deceased worker in Govt. fair price shop","author":"Editor","date":"May 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe Government Resolution confers financial benefits as a benevolent resolution acknowledging the contribution of such employees who have expired while performing essential services during the Covid-19 pandemic on behalf of the State Government.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Gujarat High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gujarat-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gujarat-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gujarat-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gujarat-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":228604,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/22\/jha-hc-state-informs-that-alternate-burial-cremation-sites-for-persons-dying-due-to-covid-19-infection-have-been-identified-notified\/","url_meta":{"origin":230983,"position":2},"title":"Jha HC | State informs that alternate burial\/cremation sites for persons dying due to COVID-19 infection have been identified &#038; notified","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"April 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Dr Ravi Ranjan, CJ and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. disposed of a petition with regard to Dead Body Management of COVID-19 infected patients. Through a counter affidavit it has been stated by the State that alternate burial\/cremation sites for persons dying due to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":227599,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/03\/27\/corona-virus-covid-19-a-p-hc-state-govt-to-ensure-supply-of-precautionary-equipments-like-n-95-masks-etc-to-doctors-nurses-paramedical-staff\/","url_meta":{"origin":230983,"position":3},"title":"Coronavirus | A.P HC | State Govt. to ensure supply of precautionary equipments like N-95 masks, etc. to Doctors, Nurses, Paramedical Staff","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"March 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amravati: A Division Bench of J.K. Maheshwari, CJ and M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J. asked the State Government to ensure provision of all required equipments to Doctors, Nurses, Ward Boys and Paramedical staff to combat COVID-19. The present petition has been filed to sought direction from Central\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Andhra-Pradesh-High-Court.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Andhra-Pradesh-High-Court.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Andhra-Pradesh-High-Court.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Andhra-Pradesh-High-Court.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Andhra-Pradesh-High-Court.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":228072,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/08\/covid-19-dont-charge-exorbitant-fees-from-public-for-coronavirus-testing-sc-asks-centre\/","url_meta":{"origin":230983,"position":4},"title":"COVID-19| Don&#8217;t charge exorbitant fees from public for Coronavirus testing: SC asks Centre","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"April 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and S Ravindra Bhat has suggested that the Centre should create a mechanism wherein private laboratories conducting COVID-19 tests do not charge exorbitant fees from public and government should reimburse the fees charged by labs. \" at this time of national calamity\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":249697,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/06\/12\/last-rites-of-deceased\/","url_meta":{"origin":230983,"position":5},"title":"J&#038;K HC | Kins of persons dying of Covid-19 can view face and perform last rites of deceased; HC declines to handover dead bodies to the family","author":"Editor","date":"June 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal, CJ., and Vinod Chatterji Koul, J., warned the government of J&K to be prepared for the third wave. The Bench stated, \u201cIt is to be borne in mind that the larger public interest always prevails over personal rights and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}