{"id":231169,"date":"2020-06-20T12:30:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=231169"},"modified":"2023-10-03T15:40:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T10:10:21","slug":"bom-hc-plea-filed-to-allow-covid-19-testing-without-production-of-medical-practitioners-prescription-court-says-rational-use-of-testing-kits-warranted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/20\/bom-hc-plea-filed-to-allow-covid-19-testing-without-production-of-medical-practitioners-prescription-court-says-rational-use-of-testing-kits-warranted\/","title":{"rendered":"Bom HC | Plea filed to allow COVID-19 testing without production of medical practitioner&#8217;s prescription; Court says &#8220;rational use of testing kits warranted&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bombay High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and K.K. Tated, J. addressed a matter wherein non-production of prescription for COVID-19 test and to allow testing to be done irrespective of whether a person has come in contact with a COVID-19 patient or not has been prayed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Petitioner seeks direction <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>to do away with the production of a prescription\/certificate of a medical practitioner as a pre-condition to test for COVID-19 and to allow such testing to be done irrespective of whether a person is symptomatic and has come in contact with a COVID-19 patient.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interim relief was also sought by the petitioner on above lines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bench on consideration of the above issue opined that there has to be a rational use of testing kits and the present situation is not such warranting grant of interim relief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Respondents have been asked to file their respective affidavits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matter to be listed in due course. 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