The court also asked the Delhi government as to what it has carried out with the big amounts collected as fines and recommended that they be utilised for the objective of fighting COVID-19.
The Delhi High Court Thursday stated the police and the authorities concerned should really stay away from collecting fines in money for violation of COVID-19 norms and the AAP government should really generate a portal for it.
On the Delhi government’s selection to bring down the quantity of attendees at weddings to 50, the higher court asked as to how the rule was getting enforced and regardless of whether there had been any protocols in location to implement it as a lot of weddings are held through this time of the year.
A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad stated that in the present day and time, “cash transactions need to be avoided” and there should really be a provision for paying the fines electronically. It stated the government should really have a portal for collecting fines, in case it is not there currently.
The court also asked the Delhi government as to what it has carried out with the big amounts collected as fines and recommended that they be utilised for the objective of fighting COVID-19.
With regard to Delhi government submission that it has enhanced RT/PCR test numbers to 40,000 per day, the bench remarked that it came soon after substantially pushing and prodding by the court and soon after loss of a lot of lives.
RT/PCR, or Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, is a laboratory method extensively made use of in the diagnosis of genetic ailments and to measure gene expression in investigation.
The court was hearing a PIL by advocate Rakesh Malhotra in search of enhance in the COVID-19 testing numbers in the national capital and obtaining speedy final results.