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Frontline Covid-19 workers should be encouraged, not ostracised: Bombay HC

The state government had opposed the plea saying the petitioner should be more sensitive towards the essential workers who are engaged in combating the pandemic

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Press Trust of India Mumbai

3 min read Last Updated : Jun 13 2020 | 6:11 PM IST

The Bombay High Court has said that the frontline Covid-19 workers should be encouraged to discharge their duty without fear and should not be ostracised for travelling to work daily.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Amjad Sayed said this on Friday while dismissing a petition filed by a Palghar district resident, seeking for such workers to be kept in isolation.

The petition had been filed by one Charan Bhatt, in which he sought temporary accommodation in Mumbai for the essential service providers, who commute between Mumbai and Palghar district everyday for their work.

Bhatt, in his plea filed through

Topics : Coronavirus Lockdown workers hospitals Bombay High Court Maharashtra

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