Supreme Court ordered hospitals to provide documents related to the patient of covid-19 treated by them in their hospital to their families. Whenever the family demanded for document hospital bind to provide the same. This observation made in Gaurav kumar bansal vs union of India, 2021, the relative of patient who died due to covid-19 demanded document to receive the compensation granted to the families of covid-19 patients.
Under Arbitration and conciliation act, 1996 the court is not empowered to grant pendente lite interest in contract, if party to the contract mentioned the clause in contract to bar the payment of pendente lite interest. This doesn’t violate section 28 of contract act: Supreme Court (Garg builder vs Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, 2021).
Supreme Court passed the directions for distribution of compensation to the relatives of patient who died due to covid-19.
The court of First appeal should hear all the issues and evidence produced before them, only then they can go for recording the findings in suit. They must follow the procedure provided in code of civil procedure for deciding the suit in first appeal: Supreme Court.
Supreme Court directed to all the states for not denying the compensation of Rs 50,000 to the relatives of patient died due to covid-19, on the sole basis that they don’t have the death certificate or the cause of death is covid-19 is not mentioned on such certificate.
The supreme court in Vangala kasturi rangacharyulu vs CBI, 2021held that the renewal of passport of the person cannot be denied on the ground that any kind of criminal appeal is pending against his/her.
