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Kotwal, J., took up a matter highlighting the concern regarding the inflated charges for Personal Protective Equipment Kits (PPE) by private hospitals and nursing homes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Petitioner raised the concern that in view of the pandemic, private hospitals and nursing homes have been charging for Personal Protective Equipment Kits on a cost more than the procurement costs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In view of the above stated concern, petitioner sought a direction for imposing a cap on the prices of PPE Kits charged to COVID\/NON-COVID patients in private hospitals and nursing homes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">P.P. Kakade, Government Pleader a\/w Nisha Mehra, AGP for State.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ish Jain a\/w Kiran Jain a\/w Amruta Thakur for respondent 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, Court directed the parties to file affidavit stating their responses after which on 07-08-2020, the present PIL will be taken up for further consideration. [Abhijit K. Mangade v. State of Maharashtra, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/vM3AZHXa\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine Bom 827<\/b><\/a>, decided on 28-07-2020]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bombay High Court:\u00a0 A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and Sarang V. 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