Ahmedabad Medical Association vs. The State Of Gujarat
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| ITEM NO.3 | Court 4 (Video Conferencing) | SECTION PIL-W | |
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| S U P R E M E<br>C O U R T<br>O F<br>RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS | I N D I A | ||
| Suo Motu Writ Petition (Civil) No(s). | 7/2020 | ||
| IN RE THE PROPER TREATMENT OF COVID 19 PATIENTS AND DIGNIFIED<br>HANDLING OF DEAD BODIES IN THE HOSPITALS ETC. | |||
| (ONLY IA. NO. 90394/2020 AND I.A. NO. 90409/2020 TO BE LISTED ON<br>23.11.20 and IA No. 90409/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS) | |||
| Date : 23-11-2020 | This matter was called on for hearing today. | ||
| CORAM : | HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN<br>HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY<br>HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH | ||
| For Petitioner(s) | By Courts Motion | ||
| For Respondent(s) | Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG<br>Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG<br>Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.<br>Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.<br>Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR<br>Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker AOR | ||
| Arunachal Pradesh | Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR<br>Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. | ||
| Assam | Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.<br>Mr. Rahul Raj Mishra, Adv. | ||
| GNCTD | Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG<br>Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR<br>Ms. Sanjana Nangia, Adv.<br>Ms. Abhilasha Bharti, Adv. | ||
| Goa | Mr. Arun R. Pedneker, Adv.<br>Mr. Sachin Patil AOR<br>Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv. | ||
| Gujarat | Ms. Manisha Lavkumar, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee AOR<br>Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv. | ||
| Haryana | Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, Adv.<br>Ms. Archana Preeti Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Chandra Shekhar Suman, Adv.<br>Ms. Rita Gupta, Adv.<br>Ms. Deepshikha Bharati, Adv., |
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| H.P. | Mr. Himanshu Tyagi, AOR |
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| Kerala | Ms. Priyanka Prakash, Adv.<br>Ms. Beena Prakash, Adv.<br>Mr. G. Prakash, Adv. |
| Manipur | Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Adv.<br>Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.<br>Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. |
| Maharashtra | Mr. Rahul Chitnis ADV.<br>Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR<br>Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv. |
| Meghalaya | Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, Adv.<br>Mr. U. Mishra, Adv.<br>Mr. Shaurya Sahay, Adv. |
| Mizoram | Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Divyansh Tiwari, Adv.<br>Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv. |
| Nagaland | Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv<br>Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. |
| Punjab | Ms. Uttara Babbar, Adv.<br>Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, Adv.<br>Mr. Manan Bansal, Adv. |
| Rajasthan | Dr. Manish Singhvi Sr. Advocate<br>Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha Advocate |
| T.N. | Mr. M.Yogeshkanna AOR<br>Mr. Rajarajeswaran, Adv.<br>Mr. Aditya Chada, Adv. |
| Telangana | Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv.<br>Ms. Swati Bhardwaj, Adv. |
| Tripura | Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.<br>Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv.<br>Mr. Rahul Raj Mishra, Adv. |
| WB | Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv.<br>Ms. Liz Mathew, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishal Prasad, Adv.<br>Mr. Nikhil Parikshith, Adv.<br>Mr. Sayandeep Pahari, Adv.<br>For M/S. PLR Chambers And Co. |
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| A & N | Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.<br>Ms. G. Indira, AOR |
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| Puducherry | Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv.<br>Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. |
| I.A. 74670/20 | Mr. Awanish Sinha, Adv.<br>Mr. Prem Ranjan Kumar, Adv.<br>Ms. Gitanshi Arora, Adv. |
| I.A. 90394/20<br>& 90409/20 | Mr. Pawan Shree Agrawal, Adv.<br>Mr. Kaushik Ram Borooah, Adv. |
| Applicant in person | |
| Of Greater Mumbai | Municipal Corporation Mr. Ashish Wad, Adv.<br>Ms. Tamali Wad, Adv.<br>Mr. Sidharth Mahajan, Adv.<br>Mr. Ajeyo Sharma, Adv.<br>Ms. Sukriti Jaggi, Adv.<br>M/S. J S Wad And Co.<br>Mr. G.M. Kawsa, Adv.<br>Ms. Manjula Gupta, Adv. |
| Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR | |
| 55937&55938 | Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv.<br>Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR |
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Heard Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General appearing for the Union of India and learned counsel appearing for the States of Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Assam and different States.
It is submitted in this Court that in the month of November, 2020, there has been a great spike of the Covid cases throughout the country, especially in the States of Delhi, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Mr. Sanjay Jain, learned senior counsel appearing for the NCT of Delhi submits that the State of NCT of Delhi has already filed
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an affidavit with regard to compliance of the orders passed earlier on 27.07.2020.
Learned counsel appearing for the States of Gujarat and Maharashtra also state that compliance affidavits have been filed.
Mr. Mehta, learned Solicitor General submits that the Union of India through Home Ministry has already taken steps with regard to situation in Delhi and several measures have been taken by the Central Government. He further prays for time to file an affidavit to bring the status of Covid cases in the country especially Delhi.
Learned counsel appearing for the States of NCT of Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Assam also pray for some time to file a status report regarding the present situation of the Covid cases and steps taken to mitigate the situation.
It is also submitted that the situation in the month of December is likely to worsen and all States have to be prepared to combat the worsened situation regarding Covid 19.
We are of the view that the immediate steps are required to be taken by all the States as well as by the Union of India. Let status report, as indicated above, be filed within two days from today and the matter be listed on 27.11.2020 for consideration and passing appropriate orders.
(MEENAKSHI KOHLI) (RENU KAPOOR) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER
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