The Supreme Court delivered a sharp rebuke while considering the suo-motu case taken by it to deal with the vacancies in Consumer Commissions across the country.
Contrary to media reports, many states have flatly denied deaths due to oxygen shortage during the second wave of Covid-19. This is despite courts pulling them up for their lackadaisical attitude towards patients.
The Supreme Court today adjourned its hearing till September 3, in a plea against demolition of homes of over 10,000 slum dwellers living near the railway lines in the city of Surat, Gujarat alleging demolition without providing rehabilitation scheme is illegal, inhuman and violates Article 21
The Division Bench of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice M.R. Shah set aside the Gujarat High Court order, wherein the six persons were granted bail on the grounds of parity.
Justice Shah has said the state cannot suppress facts. Nothing has been done with the hospital. The Gujarat government is satisfied with the commission's report.
The three-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah took suo motu cognisance of an incident where 6 persons died due to fire at a COVID designated hospital in Gujarat.