Karnataka Home Minister directs DGP to investigate Chamrajnagar Hospital incident
Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that he has directed the Director-General of Police (DGP) to obtain a comprehensive report on the deaths of COVID patients that occurred in the Chamarajanagar district COVID hospital on Sunday night allegedly due to a shortage of oxygen.
After commencing the Chemical spraying program conducted by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services in Bengaluru, Minister Bommai addressed the press and informed them about the development.
“Reports have come in that COVID patients in Chamarajanagar died due to oxygen shortage in the hospital. However, to verify on what was the real reason for all their death, I have ordered an investigation and a subsequent submission of a comprehensive report on the matter. This is an extremely distressing incident. This should not have happened”, he said while expressing regret over the incident.
“I have ordered the officials to visit the scene of the incident and conduct an investigation so the truth about the incident can come out. After receiving their report, further actions will be undertaken”, he said.
“The request for oxygen is increasing in the state. Despite that, we are meeting the oxygen requirements of all the hospitals within our limit. In this manner, we are trying to deal with this situation to the best we can”, Bommai said.
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Allahabad HC dismisses petition seeking permission to mount loudspeaker on mosque
Prayagraj, Jan 24 (PTI): The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid.
The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of right.
Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident Mukhtiyar Ahmad, a two judge-bench, comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh, observed, "Religious places are for offering prayers to the divinity and use of loudspeakers cannot be claimed as a matter of right, particularly when often such use of loudspeakers create nuisance for the residents".
At the outset, the state counsel objected to the maintainability of the writ on the grounds that the petitioner was neither a mutawalli, nor did the mosque belong to him.
The court also noted that the petitioner did not have locus to file the writ petition.
The term 'locus' is a legal concept that refers to the right of a person or entity to participate in a legal proceeding or bring a lawsuit.
