The petition by advocate Vineet Dhanda sought the court’s direction to the Centre and state governments to take adequate steps to prevent the deadly epidemic of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) from spreading.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking immediate steps for proper screening of international flyers coming to India from Ebola virus-affected countries to prevent the deadly virus from spreading.
A bench of Chief Justice R M Lodha, justices Kurian Joseph and R F Nariman also issued notice to ministries of Health, Home Affairs, Civil Aviation and External Affairs and the governments of Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and sought their response on the PIL filed by an advocate.
The petition by advocate Vineet Dhanda sought the court’s direction to the Centre and state governments to take adequate steps to prevent the deadly epidemic of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) from spreading.
It sought the government “to ensure proper facilities at the airports to isolate and cure the possibly infected travellers to avoid infection to other citizens and patients”.
