disaster management act

The Supreme Court has granted another 4 weeks' time for the Centre to comply with the judgment and frame guidelines in the plea seeking ex-gratia assistance to the families of people who died due to Covid-19.

While observing that the centre could not stay away from paying the amount to the kin of Covid-19 patients who died, the Court asked NDMA to frame guidelines in this regard while abstaining from specifying the compensation.

Recent disagreements between the Union and states have shown that federalism can succeed only if both run administrations according to the Constitution, constitutionalism and constitutional morality.

The petitioner being IAS has no intention to malign the image of the Government but only, by posting the contents and news items, wants to draw the attention of the Government towards the problems faced by the citizens during the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

Direct state governments to set up electric and other crematoriums in all cities and also maintain and improve the condition of existing electric crematoriums.

Petitioner Advocate has pointed out that Section 12 of the Disaster Management Act mandates payment of Ex-Gratia amount to the person affected by the Disaster.

The public interest Petitioner has based his case substantially on the video footage of the alleged incident which is available on social media.

The Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, will continue the hearing on a plea filed by Congress leader Sachin Choudhary challenging the Allahabad High Court order

The Counsel appearing for banquet halls submitted that after filing of the petition all the banquet halls have been re-requisitioned and handed back on August 21, 2020

Even as many nations are battling the deadly pandemic, India, a world leader in health, has lent a helping hand by exporting vaccines to them. This diplomatic move could also help in medical tourism.