NEW DELHI : Taking suo moto cognisance of a video clip on social media that showed a man struggling to get his mother hospitalised after she tested positive for coronavirus, Delhi high court directed the Aam Aadmi Party-led government and the Centre to file status reports on arrangements made to deal with such cases.
The court will next hear the matter on 3 June. The court observed that the video recording raises serious issues of public concern in the present-day context and said that the status of functional and responsive helpline numbers should be placed before it.
Delhi High Court directed the respondents to assess the adequacy of the helpline capacity and state whether the same is sufficient to deal with the present call traffic and