Today, on the auspicious occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the new office of ‘Dard Se Hamdard Tak’, Ek Nayaik Vidhi Sewa Pehal, an organisation whose aim is to provide free legal aid to needy prisoners across the country, was opened.
The Union government today admitted in Parliament that it was completely clueless on how many stranded labourers died trudging their way back through locked down states, or even how much ration (state-wise) had been provided to them during the period.
The Central government has informed the Supreme Court that using disinfection tunnels is clinically and psychologically harmful and appropriate directions regarding its ban will be issued by tomorrow.
The Supreme Court has refused to entertain plea by Six private schools who had moved against the Calcutta HC order which had restrained them from taking any "coercive action" against students who have not yet remitted their fees amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Supreme Court has held: "When the court passed specific orders directing the states to file affidavits, the court’s intention was to see the working of the aforesaid acts. Non-filing of affidavit clearly indicates that the states are not interested in implementing the aforesaid enactments.”