Summary:
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the Delhi government's September 13 order that directed private hospitals in the national capital to reserve 80 per cent of ICU beds for COVID-19 patients. A single judge bench of the High Court presided by Justice Navin Chawla stayed the order. The court came down heavily on the Aam Aadmi Party government and sought to know if other (non-COVID) patients had a right to life. A visibly annoyed, Justice Chawla asked, "Do other patients have a right to life or not or is it now that the state says only COVID-19 patients have a right to life. Why do you have to keep an ICU bed vacant for COVID-19 patient and the other one in need can die?.