November 23, 2024 10:39 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
'Third World War has begun:' Ex-Ukraine military commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny | UK-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations to resume in early 2024 | UK can arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits country based on ICC warrant | Centre to send over 10,000 additional soldiers to violence-hit Manipur amid fresh violence | Chhattisgarh: 10 Maoists killed during encounter with security forces in Sukma
Delhi Health Minister fined Rs. 25,000 by Supreme Court

Delhi Health Minister fined Rs. 25,000 by Supreme Court

| | 03 Oct 2016, 02:39 pm
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Monday fined Delhi's Health Minister Satyendra Jain Rs. 25,000 for failing to name the Government officials who he alleged were not cooperating with him on controlling chikungunya and dengue in the capital, reports said. New Delhi, Oct 3 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Monday fined Delhi's Health Minister Satyendra Jain Rs. 25,000 for failing to name the Government officials who he alleged were not cooperating with him on controlling chikungunya and dengue in the capital, reports said.

"People are dying. You don't need 24 hours," the top court said, when  told by the Delhi government that it had not been able to file an affidavit as ordered by the court, and it would be done on Monday.

In response to the court's query on what actions the Government has taken to curb the mosquito-borne dengue and chikungunya diseases which have affected more than 8,000 people in the national capital, the Health Minister alleged that  officials were hindering his attempts fight the disease, and were instead sending files to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.

On Friday the Supreme Court had asked the minister to list the names of the officers allegedly not cooperating with him, saying the names need not be given in sealed cover.

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party, headed by Arvind Kejriwal,  has been engaged in a bitter power tussle with the Centre and its representative in the capital Lieutenant General Najeeb Jung.

 

 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.