Karnataka HC orders seizure of documents on oxygen supply in Chamarajanagar, Mysore districts
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Bench takes serious exception to govt. appointing inquiry commission into the death of COVID-19 patients without its prior approval when the matter was sub judice.
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Bench takes serious exception to govt. appointing inquiry commission into the death of COVID-19 patients without its prior approval when the matter was sub judice.
In a major setback to the Karnataka government, the High Court on Wednesday directed the Chief Secretary to seize all the records in the offices of the Deputy Commissioners of Chamarajanagar and Mysore districts, and Chamarajanagar district hospital on oxygen supply and relevant correspondences among the authorities in the two districts.
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Court expresses displeasure on govt’s conduct of appointing commission of inquiry sans its prior permission
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Court expresses displeasure on govt’s conduct of appointing commission of inquiry sans its prior permission
In a major setback to the State government, the High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday directed the Chief Secretary to immediately seize all the relevant records in the offices of the Deputy Commissioners of Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts, and the Chamarajanagar district hospital on oxygen supply and correspondences amongst the authorities in the two districts for the relevant period.
The court issued this direction after taking serious exception to the decision of the State government to set up a commission of inquiry under the Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952, and appointing a retired judge to probe incident of 24 COVID-19 patients in Chamarajanagar without taking prior approval from the court.
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Taking note of the death of patients in Chamarajanagar due to lack of oxygen, the High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday gave a one-hour deadline to both the Central and State governments to explain shortage of oxygen in Karnataka.
The court directed the Central government to inform by 2.30 p.m. on increasing the allocation of oxygen to Karnataka as the Centre has allocated only 865 tonnes as against 1,700 tonnes requisitioned by the State.
And the State government was asked to explain whether it has been utilising only 441 tonnes of oxygen per day as on April 28 as was referred to in an order of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court order has recorded that Karnataka has the capacity to produce 625 tonnes per day, the need was 770 tonnes, and the allocation made by the Central government is 802 tonnes. The State government had told the High Court that it estimated the requirement at 1,400 tonnes as on April 30 whereas the Central government has allocated 80
Karnataka HC takes suo moto note of Chamarajanagar deaths, favours judicial probe
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The incident is very serious , a division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar remarked after taking cognisance of two letters about the incident. The court put the Union Government and Karnataka on notice seeking an urgent response as to how they intend to fix the oxygen demand-supply gap in the face of increasing Covid-19 cases, and infected persons dying for want of oxygen.
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The court asked the counsel appearing for the Centre as to why it is not raising the cap on use of oxygen in Karnataka as the gap is said to be around 900 tonnes a day.
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AAA Taking note of the death of 23 COVID-19 patients at the Chamarajanagar district hospital and of one patient at a private hospital, allegedly due to shortage in supply of oxygen, the High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday indicated to the State government that it was in favour of ordering a judicial probe into the incident.
The court directed the government to submit the SOP/guidelines being followed to allocate oxygen to hospitals in various cities and districts.
A Special Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar passed the order while hearing a batch of PIL petitions on issues related to COVID-19.