Supreme Court dismisses PIL seeking scrutiny into Centre's alleged mismanagement of COVID pandemic
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the government has to be given latitude in the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, as it declined to entertain a PIL by retired bureaucrats seeking an independent inquiry commission to examine Centre's gross mismanagement of the pandemic.
The PIL was vehemently argued by advocate Prashant Bhushan before a bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Ajay Rastogi.
Bhushan argued that commissions have been appointed earlier in such matters and raised the issues of plight of migrant workers during the lockdown, which was imposed by the Centre.
Bhushan also pointed out at the "Namaste Trump" programme, which was organized with a huge congregation and it was a case where MHA's guidelines, in the crowd contact situation, were flouted.
He insisted before the bench to direct an inquiry into the PM's unilateral decision to declare lockdown.
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