SC slams Delhi Govt: Don’t shoot the messengers

The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Delhi Government threatening doctors who brought out truth of poor facilities for health workers in its hospital, with a strong observation: "Don't shoot the messengers. You stop registering FIRs against doctors fighting this war against Covid."

It asked the Kejriwal government to file a ' better affidavit' by Friday, the last day before the Court goes on a short summer vacation till July 6, on whether it has reinstated those doctors who were dismissed and withdrawn the first information reports (FIRs) against them.

"Let them do their job. Make sure the harassment is stopped right away," the Court thundered.

The order of the bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MR Shah came in a suo moto proceedings, taken up by the bench the last week on the disposal of dead bodies and poor facilities in the government hospitals in the national capital. The top court had invited status reports, particularly from the state governments of Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.

The court, which earlier said coronavirus patients are 'treated worse than animals,' on Wednesday questioned the Delhi government's actions in its bid to 'suppress the truth'.

"Several videos have come out. Everything is not hunky-dory... You do not want the truth to come out," the judges said, adding that, "we are not leaving anything to chances." They directed the government to focus no remedial measures for patient care and disposal of dead bodies.