Dilip Gadhavi 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
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| Digitally standard by NO.<br>Charanjeet <b>NO.</b><br>Date: 2020 12.09<br>68561/2020<br><b>INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT</b> | |
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IA No. 63660/2020 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA No. 54978/2020 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON IA No. 56419/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) Date : 09-12-2020 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. Shantanu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker AOR Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Prashant Singh B, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, 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. Ankit Roy, Adv. Mr. Rahul Raj Mishra, Adv. Ms. Nimisha, Adv. GNCTD Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Ms. Abhilasha Bharti, Adv. Goa Mr. Arun R. Pedneker, Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil AOR Gujarat Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG 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., | |
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| Haryana | Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR |
| H.P. | Mr. Himanshu Tyagi, AOR |
| J&K | Mr. G.M. Kawoosa, Adv.<br>Ms. Manjula Gupta, Adv. |
| 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. Shaurya Sahay, Adv.<br>Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv. |
| Mizoram | Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv.<br>Mr. Divyansh Tiwari, Adv.<br>Ms. Ana Upadhyay, 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. Rajarajeshwaran, Adv.<br>Mr. Aditya Chadha, Adv. |
| Telangana | Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv.<br>Ms. Swati Bhardwaj, Adv. |
| Tripura | Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.<br>Mr. Rahul Raj Mishra, Adv. |
| WB | Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. |
| 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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| U.P. | Ms. Garima Prashad, Adv.<br>Mr. Nagender Singh, Adv. | |
| Sikkim | Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv.<br>Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv.<br>Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR | |
| 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. | |
| UTs | ||
| 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.<br>Ms. Sweta Rani, Adv.<br>Ms. Gitanshi Arora, 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. | |
| Intervenor | Mr. Subhash Chandran, Adv.<br>Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR | |
| 55937&55938 | Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv.<br>Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR | |
| 55935 | Dr. Ishwar Gilada, Adv.<br>Mr. Rohit Rathi, AOR |
Mr. Shashank Deo Sudhi, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Applicant in person Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Ms. Karishma Maria, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Application for intervention filed by Ms. Aparna Bhat is allowed.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, the learned Solicitor General submits that with regard to Fire Safety Audit, a direction has been issued to all the States to constitute an appropriate Committee and compilation of all data is in process and shall be filed along with an affidavit within a period of three days from today.
He further submits that with regard to fire at the Covid Hospital, Rajkot, the Enquiry Committee chaired by Justice D.A. Mehta has already been constituted, which is looking after the aforesaid incident. He further submits that fire accident which happened in Ahmedabad in Shreyas Hospital may also be looked under the jurisdiction of the same Committee so that an early report may be submitted and appropriate measures may be taken with regard to hospitals where fire broke resulting in death of several patients. It will be open for the Government to do so by issuing appropriate notification.
As prayed by the learned Solicitor General, he may file detailed affidavit within three days.
We further observe that steps taken by different States including the suggestions as was directed by this Court on
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03.12.2020 be placed before this Court on the next date of hearing. A detailed affidavit by the Additional Chief Secretary (Home), State of Gujarat may also be filed in compliance of our order dated 03.12.2020
Let all affidavits be filed by the end of this week. List the matter on 14.12.2020.
(MEENAKSHI KOHLI) (RENU KAPOOR) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS BRANCH OFFICER