Supreme Court of India
Centre for Public Interest Litigation v. Union of India
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We hold that Union of India is not obliged to lay down minimum standards of relief under Section 12 of the Act, 2005 for COVID-19 and the guidelines issued under Section 12 providing for minimum standards of relief holds good for pandemic COVID-19 also.
Judgment, page 34
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Disaster Management Act, 2005 – s.11 – National Pla n – COVID-19 – Pandemic – Public Interest Litigation fi led in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic seeking direction to the Union of India to prepare, notify and implement a National Plan u/s. 11 r/w. s.10 of the Act, 2005 to deal with current pandemic (COVID-1 9) – Petitioner submitted that National Plan uploaded on the website of National Disaster Management Authority of the year 2019 does not deal with situations arising out of the current pandemic and has no mention of measures like lockdown, containment zones, social distancing etc. – Held:
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