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Bench led by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta of #BombayHighCourt is hearing a plea alleging the improper management of #COVID19 medical treatment in Maharashtra.

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The matter was supposed to be listed on May 4, however the Court listed the matter today for a compliance report of their previous order.

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The Bench was informed by BMC that they have requisite supply of oxygen and beds. Remdesivir is also being stocked up, they had a limited stock available.

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The Court enquires what is the status of a helpline number.

Sr Adv Anil Sakhare or BMC submits that there is a helpline number available.

Court asks the Adv Simil Purohit for the petitioner to dial that number during the hearing for their verification.

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Purohit calls and receives positive response.

Sakhare says he will be putting all the details on an affidavit by Thursday.

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Purohit clarifies he is not trying to blame anyone but just try to help manage the situation better.

CJ Datta: There is no point playing the blame game now. We have to have a positive approach and a positive outlook henceforth.

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CJ: We have been told that they are working towards improving their stocks.

Sakhare also informs that the dashboard of BMC which gives details on the beds in hospitals is updated every two hours.

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CJ: This is fair.

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Purohit seeks court’s intervention in the issue of furnaces in crematoriums.

Court enquires how many furnaces are there in the crematoriums?

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Justice Kulkarni points out that there are furnaces of Municipal Corporation run crematoriums that are not functioning, that needs to be looked into.

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Court states they will continue hearing of the matter on Thursday for an update on the status of the compliance of their order.

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Court records the submissions made in their order.

CJ: Although the PIL is confined the jurisdiction of the BMC, we want to be apprised of the situation in the State. Hence an appropriate affidavit is expected from all respondents.

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Court (to ASG): You are the authority for Remdesivir. Show us the papers which has numbers of allocation of #REMDESEVIR to Maharashtra. Even today we are at the top. We are not going to rely on media reports, you show from your record.

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Justice Kulkarni: There was a news report that a political personality distributed 10000 vials. How was that possible? When people are running from pillar to post, when Delhi is itself in need… How could he airlift?

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Advocate Rajesh Inamdar intervenes and points out orders of the other High Courts where they had observed that private parties were procuring the drugs.

CJ: So we will also look into it and if we find out that there are private companies procuring it, then we will injunct them.

ASG Anil Singh states that it is but a media report and should not be relied upon.

CJ: We want drugs to reach every citizens, so we will also monitor. And we are not relying on the media reports, but those reports give us an idea of what is happening.

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Justice Kulkarni: And we are relying on the interview of the person who procured it.

CJ: But we will hold a positive outlook. Let us see on Thursday.

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Hearing ends.

Matter will be heard on Thursday.

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