In a laudable order, the apex court has warned states and the police against curbing the media or calls for help during the pandemic and said any such move would invite contempt of court.
The Supreme Court bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta had taken suo motu cognizance on April 3, 2020 and had passed a slew of directions to the States to Registrar General of every High Court.
The matter was listed today before the three-judge bench of Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, Justice Nageswara Rao and Justice Vineet Saran. CJI Bobde said the high courts need to make a statement on adopting the draft rules for their high courts.
The Central Government in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court blamed the Delhi Government for not taking proper steps to contain the spread of COVID 19 in Delhi.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a total ban on the sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in the NCR from the midnight of November 9 -10 to the midnight of November 30 - December 1, 2020.