Tag: Justice Ashok Bhushan

SC Direct Govts To Ensure Timely Payment Of Salaries To Healthcare Workers: COVID-19

The Supreme Court on Wednesday has directed both State and Central Governments to ensure payment of salaries to doctors and healthcare workers. The Central Government has been asked to issue compliance order for the same by tomorrow. The Court has also directed Directorate of health to ensure that Quarantine facilities are provided to Doctors and

SC Seeks Centre’s Response in Plea Seeking Cap on Covid-19 Treatment Rates at Private Hospitals

A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, M R Shah and V Ramasubramanian asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to file Centre’s response on putting an upper limit on fees to be charged by private hospitals for treating Coronavirus patients. Court listed the matter after a week. The plea relies on several news reports which suggest that

Fares of trains and buses not to be received from the workers, and State Government’s to make sure that the workers board the trains and buses on the decided dates administering the registration records: Supreme Court

The supreme court considering the problematic situation of the workers who was stuck all over India has pronounced big decision. The court ordered the fares of buses and trains would not be taken from the workers and the considered States have to provide food and water to the workers.  The Bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan,

SC IMPOSES COSTS OF RS. 10,000/- AND DISMISSES PETITION SEEKING FOR USE OF “PHYSICAL DISTANCING” INSTEAD OF “SOCIAL DISTANCING”

On 9th May 2020, the SC dismissed a Petition seeking for directions for use of the term “Physical distancing” instead of “Social distancing” and imposed Costs of RS. 10,000/-. The Plea, filed by Advocate-On-Record Satya Mitra on behalf of Shakeel Qureshi, and argued by senior Advocate S.B Deshmukh, he is in support of Plea that