Delhi High Court Issue Notice On Plea Seeking Proper COVID-19 Testing

Coronavirus: The bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh sought response from all the respondents and listed the matter for July 30 along with the ongoing pending PIL case filed by the same petitioner.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and Delhi government on a plea seeking to ensure all COVID-19 tests are conducted by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accredited, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) approved and registered pathological labs as the labs of NCT of Delhi are not conforming to the directions or orders of the Supreme Court. The bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh sought response from all the respondents and listed the matter for July 30 along with the ongoing pending PIL case filed by the same petitioner. The petition filed by Bejon Kumar Misra through advocates Shashak Deo Sudhi, Bijender P Kumar, and Dinesh Dakoria also sought to direct the respondents to ensure the collection of diagnostic samples for COVID-19 including other diagnostic samples by the qualified lab technicians for the health and safety of the patients. It also sought to issue an immediate direction for prosecuting the culprits for the offences under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) who are involved in generating false and fake diagnostic reports for COVID-19.