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Gujarat govt s steps to curb COVID-19 spread not enough : High Court
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday said the steps taken by the state government to contain the spread of COVID-19 was not enough in the present situation and further restrictions need to be imposed while keeping in mind the welfare of people at large.
The observation came after the state government informed the court about measures undertaken to stem the spread of the deadly virus. It is true that steps have been taken by the state government. but the same is not enough in the present situation and further steps to break the chain is also required to make the public at large aware about the pandemic and its grave effect on the society by imposing further restrictions as may be thought fit in the present situation, a division bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice BD Karia said.
In its order on a suo motu (on its own) PIL on the Covid-19 situation in Gujarat that was made available on its website Wednesday, the court said it was refraining from giving any direction or suggestion to the government in this regard. It is for the state to take appropriate steps keeping in mind the welfare of the public at large. If such actions are not taken, preventing the people to get together or from moving from one place to another unless and until it is inevitable, the (infection) chain would not be broken and the public at large would be the sufferer, the bench said.
›We want “real hard facts” and not just “information that would make the court happy”: Gujarat High Court
We want “real hard facts” and not just “information that would make the court happy”: Gujarat High Court
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The court also sought to know why the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is lagging in terms of updating the data on the availability of beds across hospitals on a real-time basis despite three orders in this regard while other smaller corporations like Surat, Jamnagar, Rajkot have made such arrangements.
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Gujarat High Court reprimands State government
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The Gujarat High Court has again reprimanded the State government over its handling of the COVID-19 situation in the State. The court said the government was trying to paint a rosy picture while the reality was different.
A Division Bench, hearing the suo motu public interest litigation on the COVID-19 situation, noted that people were dying outside hospitals as there were no doctors to attend the patients and the entire system lacked “transparency.”