Consider reducing number of persons allowed at weddings, funerals: Gujarat HC
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Last Updated: May 11, 2021, 06:20 PM IST
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A division bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Bhargav D Karia asked Advocate General Kamal Trivedi to think about advocate Shalin Mehta s suggestion that the number can be further slashed as such gatherings can become super- spreaders of infection.
The court was hearing a PIL on the coronavirus situation in the state which it has taken up on its own.
The number of people allowed to attend weddings (50) and funerals (20) is high in view of the coronavirus pandemic and the state government should consider reducing it further, the Gujarat High Court said on Tuesday. The court was hearing a PIL on the coronavirus situation in the state which it has taken up on its own.
The Gujarat high court was hearing a PIL on the coronavirus situation in the state which it has taken up on its own.
AHMEDABAD: The number of people allowed to attend weddings (50) and funerals (20) is high in view of the coronavirus pandemic and the state government should consider reducing it further, the Gujarat high court said on Tuesday.
The court was hearing a PIL on the coronavirus situation in the state which it has taken up on its own.
A division bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Bhargav D Karia asked Advocate General Kamal Trivedi to think about advocate Shalin Mehta s suggestion that the number can be further slashed as such gatherings can become `super- spreaders of infection.
The number of people allowed to attend weddings (50) and funerals (20) is high in view of the coronavirus pandemic and the state government should consider reducing it further, the Gujarat High Court said on Tuesday. The court was hearing a PIL on the coronavirus situation in the state which it has taken up on its own. A division bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Bhargav D Karia asked Advocate General Kamal Trivedi to think about advocate Shalin Mehta s suggestion that the number can be further slashed as such gatherings can become super- spreaders of infection. The number (of guests at weddings) could be reduced. And also, for funerals, twenty is too much, said the judges.
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Updated: May 11, 2021 6:32 pm IST
Sixteen Covid patients and 2 nurses were killed in a fire at a hospital in Gujarat s Bharuch. (File)
Ahmedabad:
The Gujarat High Court today criticised the state government over the recent fire at a COVID-19 hospital in Bharuch, saying it was contemptuous on its part to not remain vigilant and avoid such incidents, and cited many orders passed in this regard in the past.
The Gujarat high court expressed surprise over Trivedi s submission and said if the state was not intimated about a Covid-19 facility, how was it possible for it to compile data on coronavirus patients who are hospitalised.
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday criticised the state government over the recent fire at a Covid-19 hospital in Bharuch, saying it was contemptuous on its part to not remain vigilant and avoid such incidents, and cited many orders passed in this regard in the past.
A division bench expressed surprise over Advocate General Kamal Trivedi s submission that the Covid-19 facility at the trust-run Bharuch Welfare Hospital, where the fire on May 1 killed 18 people, was set up surreptitiously, without intimating the authorities .