Ahmedabad Medical Association vs. The State Of Gujarat
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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Suo Motu Writ Petition (Civil) No(s).7/2020
IN RE THE PROPER TREATMENT OF COVID 19 PATIENTS AND DIGNIFIED HANDLING OF DEAD BODIES IN THE HOSPITALS ETC.
(IA NO.63664/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT <pre>IA No.54881/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS</pre>
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| Digital Signed<br>ARJU BISHT NO<br>Date: 2020-11.27 | 77370/2020 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT | |||||
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IA No. 54978/2020 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA No. 54902/2020 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA No. 56419/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Date : 27-11-2020 This matter was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH For Petitioner(s) By Courts Motion For Respondent(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker AOR Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Akhil, Adv. Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR Arunachal Pradesh Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Assam Mr. Nalin Kohli, AAG Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Rahul Raj Mishra, Adv. Ms. Nimisha, Adv. GNCTD Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Ms. Abhilasha Bharti, Adv. Mr. Sohel Rishabh, Adv. Goa Mr. Arun R. Pedneker, Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil AOR Gujarat Ms. Manisha Lavkumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv. Ms. Aastha Mehta, Adv. Haryana Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, Adv. Ms. Archana Preeti Gupta, Adv. Mr. Chandra Shekhar Suman, Adv. Mr. Puneet Sheoran, Adv. Ms. Rita Gupta, Adv. Ms. Deepshikha Bharati, Adv., Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR
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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. |
| 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 | Mr. Atul Nanda, AG<br>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. Jayanth Muthuraj, Sr. Adv.<br>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. |
| 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. |
| U.P. | Mr. Raghvendra Singh, AG<br>Ms. Garima Prashad, Adv. |
| Sikkim | Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv.<br>Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR | |||||
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| Karnataka | Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR<br>Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr. Rakshit Jain, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishal Bansal, Adv. | |||||
| Odisha | Mr. Shibashish Misra, Adv. | |||||
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| A & N | Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.<br>Ms. G. Indira, AOR | |||||
| Puducherry | Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Adv.<br>Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. | |||||
| Mr. Awanish Sinha, AOR<br>Mr. S.K. Mohanty, Adv. | ||||||
| I.A. 90394/20<br>& 90409/20 | Mr. Pawan Shree Agrawal, Adv.<br>Ms. Abhipsa Anamika, Adv. | |||||
| Applicant in person | ||||||
| Municipal Corporation<br>Of Greater Mumbai | Mr. Ashish Wad, Adv.<br>Ms. Tamali Wad, Adv.<br>Mr. Sidharth Mahajan, Adv.<br>Ms. Sukriti Jaggi, Adv.<br>Mr. Ajeyo Sharma, Adv.<br>M/S. J S Wad And Co.<br>Mr. G.M. Kawoosa, Adv.<br>Ms. Manjula Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Subhash Chandran, Adv.<br>Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR | |||||
| 55937&55938 | Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv.<br>Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR | |||||
| 55935 | Mr. Rohit Rathi, AOR | |||||
| UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following<br>O R D E R |
The Court takes Suo Motu cognizance of the incident which happened in Rajkot, Gujarat yesterday, resulting in death of six
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Covid patients in a Covid Hospital and also earlier incidents of fire in Covid Hospitals in the State and other States. Yesterday, in Rajkot, Gujarat six persons died in ICU of a Covid Hospital due to fire. It is not the first incident, in a Covid Hospital, where due to fire, patients have died. These incidents are being repeated from State to State and from hospital to hospital. We notice that neither concrete steps have been taken by the States in this regard nor any mechanism to prevent or ameliorate the situation is in place.
Shri Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General submits that he is aware of the yesterday's incident which took place in Rajkot and ensure that immediate steps will be taken by tomorrow and shall also submit a report indicating measures taken, to the Court by the next date of hearing. Learned Solicitor General further submitted that he will also bring on record a recent SOP by the next date of hearing.
We also direct the learned counsel for the State of Gujarat to submit a report with regard to the above incident which took place in Rajkot and earlier incidents of fire in Covid Hospitals resulting in death of patients in the State of Gujarat.
List on 01.12.2020.
(ARJUN BISHT) (RENU KAPOOR) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER
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