CM Kumaraswamy asks doctors to call off strike
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday urged the protesting doctors to call off their strike and report to work in the best of interest of the patients who have been impacted due to the strike and suspension of medical services.
In a tweet from his official twitter handle Kumaraswamy urged the doctors to call off the strike at the earliest to avoid further inconvenience to the patients in the state. He further added that the doctors went on strike even after being issued circular against it by the government and that they should immediately be back to work.
In an earlier tweet, Kumarswamy had condemned the attack on doctors and had called for peaceful strike while making sure that nobody is impacted with the strike.
Assault on anyone is unacceptable.
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) June 17, 2019
I condemn the attack on the doctors and request the doctors on strike today to ensure that their protest is peaceful and does not cause any problems to the patients. #DoctorStrike #DoctorsProtest
ವೈದರ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಲ್ಲೆ ಖಂಡನೀಯ. ಆದರೆ, ವೈದರು ಮುಷ್ಕರ ನಿರತರಾದರೆ ಸಹಸ್ರಾರು ರೋಗಿಗಳಿಗೆ ತೊಂದರೆಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಹಲವು ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ರೋಗಿಗಳಿಗೆ ತೊಂದರೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಮುಷ್ಕರವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಬಂಧಿಸಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಮೂರು ದಿನಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆಯೇ ಸುತ್ತೋಲೆ ಹೊರಡಿಸಿದೆ. ಕೂಡಲೇ ವೈದ್ಯರು ಕರ್ತವ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಹಾಜರಾಗಬೇಕು.#SaveTheDoctors
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) June 17, 2019
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'Someone must be held accountable': HC converts civil suit on Goa nightclub tragedy into PIL
Panaji (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Monday converted a civil suit against Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) saying "someone has to be held accountable" for the tragedy in which 25 people were killed.In a stern observation, Goa bench of the High Court of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ashish Chavan said the local panchayat had "failed to take suo motu cognisance" of the club and had taken "no action despite complaints."
The division bench directed the Goa government to file a detailed reply on the permissions granted to the nightclub.
The High Court, while fixing January 8 as the next date of hearing, pointed out that commercial operations were continuing in the structure despite it having been served a demolition order.
The original petition was filed after the December 6 tragedy by Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar and Sunil Divkar, the owners of the land on which the nightclub was operating.
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Advocate Rohit Bras de Sa, the lawyer representing the petitioner, was made amicus curiae in the matter and has been asked to file a detailed affidavit in the matter.
In their petition, Amonkar and Divkar highlighted "the alarming pattern of statutory violations that have remained inadequately addressed despite multiple complaints, inspections, show-cause notices, and even a demolition order".
They contended that these violations posed "immediate threats to public safety, ecological integrity, and the rule of law in the state of Goa."
Investigations by multiple agencies into the nightclub fire have revealed various irregularities, including lack of permissions to operate the nightclub.
The Goa police arrested five managers and staff members of the club, while co-owners Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra have been detained in Thailand after they fled the country.
