KARNATAKA HC TAKES SUO-MOTU COGNISANCE OF DIFFICULTY FACED BY COVID-19 PATIENTS IN GETTING MEDICAL TREATMENT
The Karnataka High Court issued a notice to the state government, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and central government, after taking suo-motu cognisance of two letters written by Advocates Association of Bengaluru and Advocate P Anu Chengappa highlighting the difficulty faced by patients tested positive for coronavirus in getting immediate medical treatment at affordable prices. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Nataraj Rangaswamy directed the registry to file the suo-motu petition and posted the matter for hearing on 7th of July, 2020.