Madras High Court closes suo motu public interest litigation to monitor fight against COVID-19 second wave
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Judges ask authorities not to dismantle infrastructure in gentle of a doable third surge
The Madras High Court on Tuesday closed a public interest litigation petition taken up by it suo motu in April to monitor the steps taken by the Centre, the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry governments to fight the second wave of COVID-19.
Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy stated from all counts, the second wave appeared to have subsided in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, and although there was no scientific foundation, at current, to anticipate a 3rd surge, there have been actually some apprehensions of it.
Stating that the issues appeared to be below management now, the judges selected to shut the suo motu case, together with a number of different related PILs filed by people, and hoped that the nation could be extra ready, than it was when the second surge descended, to take care of the third surge.
Advising governments not to dismantle instantly the infrastructure created to fight the second surge, and to proceed the improved manufacturing of oxygen, the judges stated these amenities would come in useful if there was a 3rd wave within the subsequent 4 to six months. As far as vaccines have been involved, the courtroom stated it was encouraging that offer of vaccines to the State authorities had been resumed. It hopes that the provision could be elevated within the days to come in order that your entire inhabitants could possibly be inoculated sooner than beforehand envisaged.
“It is also evident that awareness drives have been undertaken both in the print and electronic media to ensure that superstitions pertaining to do the side effects of vaccine do not deter people from coming forward and being inoculated,” the judges stated.
Making it clear that the suo motu proceedings have been initiated solely as a supervisory train at a time when the pandemic raged at an alarming degree and was by no means the intention of the courtroom to take over administration, the Bench stated: “The proceedings appear to have at least provided a platform for the Central and State governments to come together and ensure supplies of of drugs, oxygen and other essentials to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.”
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