“Positivity Rate Is Extremely High”: Guwahati High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Second Covid Wave In States Of Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh

The suo moto Cognizance was taken by the Guwahati High court of this alarming situation that is there of the second covid pandemic wave that is much prevalent in the stated like Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh after critically observing that the positivity rate over there was extremely high in that all places.

The bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Justices N. Kotiswar Singh and also Manash Ranjan Pathak took the Cognizance of this suo moto case while dealing with the suo moto PIL that was instituted by the court owing to the daily surge of cases that was there during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The full Judge bench had further extended all the interim orders that were passed by the High Court as well as all other subordinate courts including tribunals till 23rd July 2021, the court had further ordered the Advocate General of all these three stated to be present there on the next date of hearing.