Delhi High Court takes Suo moto cognizance on Media Reports and directs Payment of Doctor’s Salary
Case Name: Court on its own motion vs. Union of India & ors.
Quorum: Hon’ble Chief Justice, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Prateek Jalan
The proceeding of the matter have been conducted through video conferencing.The court has taken cognizance of the news item which are published in the following newspapers/news channels:
(a)Asian News International (ANI) (b)Aaj Tak (c)DNA (d)Hindustan Times (e)Amar Ujala (f) The Hindu (g) The Indian Express (h) Huff post India
The aforesaid news items are about the nonpayment of salary to the Resident Doctors of Kasturba Hospital and Hindu Rao Hospital situated at Delhi. Due to non-payment of salary for last three months, the resident doctors intend to either resign en masse or go on strike.The cognizance of the matter has therefore been taken by this court and the news item has been treated as a Public Interest Litigation.
After hearing the submission by the respondents the court came to conclusion that that the outstanding amount paid by the Delhi Government to the North DMC shall be utilized for the payment of outstanding remuneration for the month of April, 2020 to the above mentioned categories of doctors as per in the order.
By Priyanka of SPPU