The Supreme Court will today continue hearing in the matter related to the children, who either lost one or both parents, or those abandoned due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
A Delhi government hospital on Sunday withdrew it's circular asking its nursing staff members to only communicate in Hindi or English and not to use the Malayalam language at work after it triggered widespread outrage.
Meanwhile, the recovery rate in Uttar Pradesh has also improved to 97.6 percent as 16.56 lakh patients have recovered from the infection. Currently, the state has less than 20,000 active Covid-19 cases for the first time since its peak in April-end.
A Special Leave Petition has been filed before the Supreme Court, seeking investigation against Twitter and its users, for their alleged inflammatory posts on the social media, while also seeking direction to the Centre to frame guidelines under the IT Act, 2000.
“Accordingly, the Anticipatory Bail Application is dismissed without expressing any opinion on merits of the case with liberty to the applicants to approach the concerned Court of Sessions,” the Court ordered.
The CJI NV Ramana spoke to the Chief Justices of the various High Courts over June 1 and 2. He was briefed on the challenges faced by the courts during the Covid-19 pandemic which had also forced courts to go virtual, a divide that is hampering justice in lower courts.
The bench, presided by Justice Sanghi, which was later joined by Justice Jasmeet Singh in place of Justice Palli, continued undertaking the affairs pertaining to the ongoing crisis as the lone pillar protecting the national capital of this country.
In the previous hearing, the petitioner submitted before the Court that the people of Delhi need a dedicated facility from the Government to help them in handling and transporting the dead bodies infected of Covid.
In light of the above, the plea prays for quashing of sale/auction notice dated 05.05.21 or in the alternative a direction to Ld. DRT-II, New Delhi, to hear and decide the case of the petitioner as per rules and procedures set out in the SARFAESI Act,2002 and in accordance with the RBI guidelines.