MUMBAI: Observing that the Covid-19 situation is “much more comfortable” now, the Bombay high court on Tuesday hoped that after vaccination Indians will be able to sit in public as confidently as those who watched the men’s final at Wimbledon.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni heard a PIL on Covid-19 management and said there are substantial compliances of the court’s directions. They cautioned that people should still take precautions with the third wave having set in some states, according to news reports. “We have to take all preventive measures. We don’t want any lowering of guard,” Chief Justice Datta said.
It was then that Justice Kulkarni referred to the Wimbledon men’s final. “It was a sight of the year. Not one person was wearing a mask. We were talking when that situation will come here,” said Justice Kulkarni. He said had an Indian cricketer, who was present, worn a mask he would have been the “odd man out”.
Justice Kulkarni said he spotted only one woman with a mask. “Almost entire four hours, I was trying to see who was sitting with a mask. People were that confident. We can also achieve it. Vaccinating everyone is the key to it,” he said.
Earlier, advocate general Ashutosh Kumbhakoni said there was no need for a separate cell to look into alleged criminal negligence of doctors in cognizable offences before an FIR is filed. A May 2010 GR directed establishing such committees in all districts. The judges said if dormant, the committees must be made active.
