The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that there’s no reason to interfere with schemes propounded by CBSE and ICSE as there are other sets of students supporting this and also because we find the scheme is reasonable and takes into concerns of all students and is in the larger public interest.
The Central government has told the Supreme Court that it cannot afford to pay ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of people who have died due to Covid-19.
A divisional bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice MR Shah will hear the petition, whereas, on the last hearing the bench had given time to the Central government to file a reply over the matter.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic engulfed the entire world, India through its various schemes under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme provided majority of its population food which was not only nutritious but could also satiate the daily calorific.
Justice Asha Menon asked the petitioner to take appropriate action against the decision taken by the nodal authority. The counsel for the petitioner submitted that even after one year of the passing away of the wife, no action has been taken by the concerned authorities in releasing the said amount.
The Delhi High Court Vacation Division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Asha Menon takes suo motu cognizance on various images of marketplaces circulated on WhatsApp where people were not wearing masks and not following Covid-19 protocols.
It is highlighted in the Petition that there should be a reasonable plan of action to restrain the sudden flow in infection cases as the infection of such magnitude can have disastrous consequences.
On May 19, the High Court after considering the emergent situation which has arisen due to Covid second wave and the consequent lockdown by the state govt has passed various directions by also taking into account the restoration of the orders passed by the apex court on 07/05/2021, in view of the same.