{"id":60459,"date":"2020-12-18T13:01:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T07:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=60459"},"modified":"2020-12-18T13:01:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T07:31:31","slug":"sc-directs-states-to-carry-out-fire-safety-audit-of-dedicated-covid-19-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-directs-states-to-carry-out-fire-safety-audit-of-dedicated-covid-19-hospitals","title":{"rendered":"SC directs states to carry out fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/sc.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"57956\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/the-supreme-court-asks-jk-hc-juvenile-justice-committee-to-examine-fresh-allegations-of-detention-of-minors\/sc-49\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/sc.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/sc.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/sc.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-57956\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/sc.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/sc.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/sc.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Friday directed all the states to carry out fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals across the country to prevent fire incidents in medical institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court also directed dedicated COVID-19 hospitals to take a no objection certificate (NOC) from the fire department within four weeks and said that failure to do so will invite punitive action.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said that those hospitals, whose fire NOC has expired, will have to get it renewed within four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The bench, also comprising justices R S Reddy and M R Shah, said that issue of political rallies and observance of COVID-19 guidelines will be looked into by the Election Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court had earlier taken cognisance of a fire incident in a designated COVID-19 hospital in Gujarat&#8217;s Rajkot in which several patients had died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Friday directed all the states to carry out fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals across the country to prevent fire incidents in medical institutions. 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