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Supreme Court: <\/strong>On the issue revolving around the timely payment of salaries of doctors and health workers during the period of COVID-19, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench of Ashok Bhushan, R, Subhash Reddy and MR Shah, that those doctors and health workers, who are quarantined, their period of quarantine cannot be treated as leave<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and he will obtain necessary instructions\/clarifications in that regard.<\/p>\n

He has further told the Court that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has passed an order on 18.06.2020 directing for payment of salaries of doctors and health workers during the period of COVID-19 on time and that five States i.e. Delhi, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tripura and Karnataka have not paid the salaries to the doctors and health workers on time to the full satisfaction. He, hence, submitted that appropriate steps in this regard shall be taken by the Central Government to ensure that salaries of doctors and health workers is released.<\/p>\n

The Court has listed the matter on August 10, 2020 after Solicitor General sought for a week\u2019s time in the matter.<\/p>\n

On June 17, 2020<\/a>,<\/strong> a 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah, JJ directed the Centre to issue directions to states for payment of salaries and providing necessary quarantine facilities to doctors and healthcare workers engaged in treating COVID-19 patients. Earlier, the Court had observed,<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn war, you do not make soldiers unhappy. Travel extra mile and channel some extra money to address their grievances.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[Dr. Arushi Jain v. Union of India, 2020 SCC OnLine SC 615<\/a> <\/b>, order dated 31.07.2020]<\/p>\n

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