Supreme Court rejects Maharashtra’s plea against order quashing directive capping treatment cost of non-Covid patients

The Bench said that it cannot issue such notifications at the time when the State government itself does not have necessary infrastructure to treat non-Covid patients at government hospitals

The Supreme Court on July 19 refused to interfere with a Bombay High Court order quashing the Maharashtra government notifications regulating the rates chargeable by private hospitals and nursing homes to non-Covid patients. A Bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah said it is not going to interfere with the high court order as the State government cannot issue such notifications. At the outset, advocate Rahul Chitnis, appearing for the Maharashtra government, said the State has filed an appeal against the October 23, 2020 order of the high court quashing the notifications relating to capping of price of treatment for non-Covid patients.