Gauhati HC seeks written reply from Assam government on COVID-19 situation in tea estates
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The PIL addresses issues relating to the present situation under the Covid-19 pandemic in the Tea Gardens of Assam. There are about 800 tea Gardens and 434 Tea Estates in Assam. The condition of workers in these Tea Gardens is an issue which has been raised before this Court.
Another issue raised before this court is the creation of a Post COVID Clinic for treatment of patients, who have suffered from COVID and need to be advised on various aspects after their recovery from COVID.
The Gauhati HC said the change can be made owing to the exceptional circumstances now
GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court, while modifying its last year’s order in a suo moto writ petition concerning the Covid situation in the state, has directed the authorities to release foreigner detenues who have completed two years of detention on personal bond of Rs 5,000 and one surety, instead of two, owing to the exceptional circumstances of second Covid-19 wave.
“No separate order needs to be passed in each case and the concerned authorities are hereby directed, wherever such detenues are detained, to release them forthwith as and when they complete their two years of detention with the following modification that under these exceptional circumstances of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, they may be released on their personal bond of Rs 5 ,000 and one surety instead of two sureties,” the order stated.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: A Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court has ordered the Assam Government to treat the persons taking care of children staying in juvenile centres as frontline warriors , and vaccinate them so that they do not pass on the disease to the children under their care.
The order is related to a PIL (24/2020) filed by the Lawyers Association,
There are as many as 106 registered child care institutions run by the Assam Government and non-government organizations under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 1915 in the State, sources said.
The Bench comprises Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak.
Gauhati High Court orders fund for transgenders shelters
Responding to a PIL (24/2021), the Gauhati High Court has directed the Social Welfare Department to arrange finances for the operation of three shelter homes established for the transgenders.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Responding to a PIL (24/2021), the Gauhati High Court has directed the Social Welfare Department to arrange finances for the operation of three shelter homes established for the transgenders.
The PIL was lodged by the All Assam
Transgender Association stating that three shelter homes in – Kamrup Metro, Dhubri, and Bongaigaon are starving of funds.
The Advocate for the petitioner Swati B. Baruah stated that each shelter home has a monthly expense of around Rs 15 lakh.