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Pay doctors on time, don't treat quarantine period as leave: SC to govt

The court directed the Centre to issue necessary directions for releasing salaries of doctors and frontline healthcare workers engaged in Covid-19 duty on time

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The bench asked Centre to also clarify on treating compulsory quarantine period of healthcare workers as leave and deduction of their salaries for the same period

Press Trust of India New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Jul 31 2020 | 1:36 PM IST

Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka and Tripura haven't followed directives to pay salaries to healthcare workers engaged in Covid-19, the Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court.

The court directed the Centre to issue necessary directions for releasing salaries of doctors and frontline healthcare workers engaged in Covid-19 duty on time.

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah asked the Centre to also clarify on treating compulsory quarantine period of healthcare workers as leave and deduction of their salaries for the same period.

"If the states are not complying with the directions and orders of the Central government, you

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