Saturday, May 1, 2021

People In Glass Houses

 


""Oxygen plants are essential. It is irresponsible not to have them," the bench said." - India Today: Batra Hospital runs out of oxygen, 8 patients die before Delhi govt rushes supply."

https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/delhi/story/batra-hospital-runs-out-of-oxygen-8-covid-patients-die-1796959-2021-05-01


Of late, high courts and supreme court have been castigating various entities like the election commission (for allowing political rallies during the pandemic), Delhi administration and Central Government for having Oxygen shortage. 

(https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-lets-try-and-not-be-a-cry-baby-centre-to-delhi-on-oxygen-crisis-amid-covid-19-2421034)


What surprises is me the performance of the courts themselves. The number of cases pending and the rate of disposal of cases (I am not talking about the correctness of judgments) leaves a lot to be desired. Couple of my friends have filed divorce cases and these are running for more than a year and these are cases where the wife hasn't asked for alimony, child support. I attended one virtual court hearing where the judge gave new dates for EACH case because she was at home and no paperwork was available with her lordship. 


Just great.


Shouldn't the courts fix their own problems first.


Additional reading 

https://www.bloombergquint.com/coronavirus-outbreak/dont-clamp-down-on-citizen-voices-justice-chandrachud-warns-states





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