PIL regarding infrastructural facilities in Govt hospitals: DB seeks progress details, status of Hospitals

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Jammu: While hearing a Public Interest Litigation regarding infrastructural facilities in Government hospitals, a Division Bench of J&K High Court comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Javed Iqbal Wani directed D C Raina, Advocate General and Ravinder Gupta, Additional Advocate General appearing for respondents to seek instructions in the matter and to file an affidavit detailing therein progress or status of Government Medical Hospitals from October 2016 to till date.
DB observed that dispute arising in this Public Interest Litigation was taken to Supreme Court whereby vide order dated October 21, 2016, the matter has been remanded after framing certain issues with various directions. One of the issues, which has to be considered and monitored, is regarding infrastructure facilities in the Government hospitals.
DB further observed that since in present petition, no one is turning up on behalf of petitioner and asked S S Ahmed, Advocate to assist the court in this petition, also on behalf of petitioners. DB further observed that apart from the above petitions, there is yet one another PIL No. 37 of 2013 titled Smile Social Youth Club of J&K vs. State of J&K and others, wherein it is alleged that the Court has already constituted a committee of experts which is also one of the directions of Supreme Court contained in its order dated October 21, 2016 in the matter arising from this writ petition.
DB directed Registry to list all matters on March 24, 2021 and asked D C Raina, Advocate General and Ravinder Gupta, Additional Advocate General appearing for respondents to seek instructions in the matter and to file an affidavit detailing therein progress or status of the Government Medical Hospitals from October 2016 to till date.