NEW DELHI: The Jabalpur bench of Madhya Pradesh HC on Monday issued notices to the Centre, state government and Election Commission on a petition seeking direction to ‘prosecute and punish the persons responsible for the horrific Covid-19 spread’.
A division bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Atul Shreedharan issued the notices. The petitioner alleged that top politicians and party workers from Madhya Pradesh are participating in election rallies and door-to-door campaigns without caring for social distancing
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COVID-19: 'Tout' demands Rs 60,000 for hospital bed in MP as state's situation worsens
In the audio clip, a voice can be heard asking an unidentified member of the patient's family to pay Rs 60,000 for securing a bed in the hospital of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College.
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INDORE: An audio clip of a suspected tout demanding Rs 60,000 from family members of a COVID-19 patient for securing a bed in the state-run Super Speciality Hospital here in Madhya Pradesh has gone viral, prompting the management to seek a probe by the police.
In the audio clip, a voice can be heard asking an unidentified member of the patient's family to pay Rs 60,000 for securing a bed in the hospital of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College.
HC issues notices to Centre, MP govt on COVID-19 petition
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Last Updated: Apr 19, 2021, 06:38 PM IST
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Shortage of medical oxygen and medicines, black marketing of anti-viral drug Remdesivir, insufficient infrastructure in hospitals, dead bodies waiting for their turn for hours for last rites in crematoriums in Jabalpur and other parts of Madhya Pradesh are some of the points that PC Paliwal, a lawyer and one of the petitioners, sought to draw the high court's attention.
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The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday issued notices to the Union and MP governments on a petition seeking direction to "prosecute and punish" the persons responsible for the coronavirus spread in the central Indian state.