The plea in the Delhi High Court wants a control on the cost of treatment incurred by Covid patients in private hospitals. The plea has also sought a direction to private hospitals to publish on its website the regulated rates as well as show in prominent places inside the hospitals.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today told the Bombay High Court that it will start the door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination for elderly and bed-ridden citizens, only after the Centre frames policy on the same.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi Government over alleged non-provision of any financial or insurance cover to the contractual doctors and para-medical staff engaged in Covid-19 duties.
Central Government Standing Counsel Ajay Digpaul cited the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason behind the delay. The Court granted another four weeks for filing the Counter-affidavit while stating that interim orders will continue.
The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its judgment on the plea seeking a stop to the Central Vista construction, considering the current Covid pandemic situation and also claiming that this was not an “essential” service as declared by the Central government.
The Centre on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of the judgment of May 5 by the Constitution Bench which struck down Maratha reservation as envisaged by the Maharashtra Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act.
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central government and the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to come up with their proposals and plans on providing relief to stranded migrant labourers in the near-lockdowns imposed in the three states.
The Delhi High Court bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli on Wednesday made it clear that the Covid aid that has come in from private parties and from abroad should be distributed on time and judiciously. The bench also asked for a compliance report from the Centre on May 22.
The Central informed the Apex Court that the differential pricing of coronavirus vaccines is intended to create an incentivized demand for private producers, resulting in market-driven low prices.
The petition further said that the Central Government has been acting in utter remiss and insensitivity in as much as not taking any measures to safeguard the rights of the people of Maharashtra.