SC wants national plan on COVID-19 situation, including on oxygen supply
The top court suo motu took note of the grim situation in the country and the havoc caused due to shortage of oxygen cylinders in hospitals
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NEW DELHI: As the handling of the raging COVID pandemic by authorities came under increasing judicial scrutiny, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it expected the Centre to come out with a national plan on supply of oxygen and essential drugs for treatment of infected patients and method and manner of vaccination against the disease.
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Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) today requested Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain to increase the number of virtual High Court benches so that lawyers can move cases during the ongoing restrictions.
CJ forms 2 more HC benches to run judicial functions
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Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain today constituted two more High Court benches to virtually hear and dispose of urgent cases during the ongoing restrictions imposed due to surge of Covid-19 pandemic.
With these two, a total of six HC benches will now perform judicial functions till further order, Supreme Court Spokesman Md Saifur Rahman told The Daily Star.
The two new HC benches consist of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman; and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain and Justice Khizir Hayat.
Earlier on April 11, the chief justice had constituted some benches of the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court for virtually hearing and disposing of urgent cases to deal with the changed situation amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Invite farmers’ leaders for talks, eminent citizens tell government
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Long-drawn peaceful movement manifestation of deep-rooted agrarian crisis, they say
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Long-drawn peaceful movement manifestation of deep-rooted agrarian crisis, they say
As the stand-off between the agitating farmers and the BJP-led government at the Centre continues over the three farm laws, some eminent citizens have written to the Union government to invite the farmers’ leaders for a dialogue to end the stalemate.
The long-drawn peaceful movement against the laws, enacted at the time of COVID-19, is the manifestation of the persistent and deep-rooted agrarian crisis and farmers’ distress. In the understanding of the farmers, and rightly so, the implementation of these three laws would not only accentuate their crisis but would also pose a serious threat to their livelihood, they said in a joint appeal to the Union government.