02-APRIL-2020

10 FEB 2020
Name: Vishal Parihar

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Title: Uncritical endorsement
(SC must ask more probing questions on the way the government is handling the
pandemic)

Context:
There are two aspects to the Supreme Court’s limited intervention in response to
the humanitarian crisis set off by the exodus of migrant workers, following the
announcement of a country-wide lockdown.
➢ In a brief order, the highlight of which is its full endorsement of the Centre’s
response to the pandemic, the Court has, first, underscored the need for
kindness by the police and the authorities in the way they treat the workers and
their families. Second, it has uncritically accepted the official narrative that
“fake news” about the duration of the lockdown being “three months” caused a
panic reaction from migrant workers across States.
➢ Significantly, the order flags the penal provisions in the law for punishing those
who disseminate information amounting to false alarm or disobedience to a
public servant’s instructions.
➢ It would be an exaggeration if anyone sees in this direction or appeal to the
media for responsible journalism any attempt at censorship, but it is
disappointing that the Court finds credible the government’s claim about “fake
news” being the main factor behind the exodus.
➢ It was quite obvious that the short notice of just four hours for the lockdown to
take effect, the lack of planning and coordination with the States, the fears of
the people about being left without cash and running out of food, and worries
about their families back home were the principal reasons.
➢ A welcome feature of the Court’s approach is that it did not concede the
government’s ill-advised request for a direction to restrain the media from
reporting or publishing “anything” without ascertaining the factual position from
the government. Implicit in this prayer was an attempt to control information, the
very antithesis of the current need for the government to ensure proactive
disclosure and dissemination of accurate data.

Final Words
➢ However, as it has chosen to examine the humanitarian dimension to the crisis, it
would be in the fitness of things if it asked more searching questions of the
government and ensured greater accountability in these distressing times.
Descriptive Question

Q. “SC must ask more probing questions on the way the government is
handling the pandemic”, give your opinion?

(Word limit: 200)

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Title: Beyond the blame game
(India must use the lockdown for full contact tracing, especially after the
Nizamuddin scare)

Context:
Nizamuddin in Delhi has turned into a large cluster of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-
2) cases after a big religious congregation was held in mid-March by the Tablighi
Jamaat at the Alami Markaz Banglewali Masjid. More than 400 people showing
symptoms have been hospitalised in Delhi alone and nearly 240 have tested
positive; at least 10 have died.
➢ After all, WHO had called COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11. The organisers
should have been very much aware that a similar congregation organised by
them in Malaysia in end-February led to a spike in cases there and the attendees
had carried the virus to other countries. But the Delhi government is equally
culpable as nothing was done to stop such a meeting except issuing an order on
March 13 prohibiting the assembly of more than 200 people. What prevented
the State government from following the Centre’s March 6 advice to States to
avoid or postpone mass gatherings till the pandemic was contained?
➢ Until the lockdown began, many places of worship were open and political
events held. Each such event could have potentially seeded the virus into the
population and should have therefore been cancelled or prevented. But India
failed despite being aware how global congregations — some linked to religion
— had led to an alarming spread of the virus, examples being the large
outbreaks in South Korea, Singapore, southern Italy and Spain.
Final Words:
➢ Ideally, the remaining period of the shutdown should be used to expand the
testing to at least limited community level to find every suspected case linked to
the attendee. The last thing that India can afford in the war against the virus is
the disease acquiring a religious or class colour. Community leaders have been
irresponsible, but those in the government have been lax too.
Descriptive Question

Q. “India must use the lockdown for full contact tracing, especially after
the Nizamuddin scare”, give your opinion?

(Word limit: 200)

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