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  • No night curfew will be imposed in Delhi or parts of it for now: AAP govt to HC

    Despite the increase in COVID-19 cases in the National Capital, the AAP government on Thursday told the High Court that no night curfew would be imposed in Delhi, or parts of it, for now, to contain the spread of coronavirus.

    Delhi govt also informed the Delhi HC that it has collected over Rs 17 Cr as fine against over 2 lakh challans issued in respect of COVID violations. Delhi Govt also informed HC that Delhi Police has so far collected fine of over Rs 27 cr against over 5 lakh challans issued.

    The submission was made before a bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad in response to the court’s query on November 26 as to whether night curfew would be imposed in Delhi to contain spread of COVID-19 infection, as has been done in some other states.

    The Delhi High Court has also asked the AAP govt to focus on testing and contact tracing to deal with COVID-19 infection.

  • PCB Comes Under Fire Again As Domestic Players Remain ‘unpaid’ Despite New Structure

    However, according to a recent report by cricketpakistan.com.pk, the Pakistan cricket players salaries at the domestic level that needed to be paid by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) haven’t still been paid. In fact, players who had signed their contracts in August are also waiting for the payment of their respective contractual amounts.

    According to the new structure, the 192 players are bifurcated into five categories, starting with an A+ in which ten top performers from the previous season are placed. They carry a monthly retainer of PKR 150,000 (₹67,706). The second category ‘A’ comprises of 38 players who carry a salary of PKR 85,000 (₹38,366) while 48 players who fall in category ‘B’, get PKR 75,000 (₹33,853). The next two categories ‘C’ and ‘D’ have 72 and 24 players who carry a salary of PKR 65,000 (₹29,339) and PKR 40,000 (₹18,055) respectively.  While speaking to the Pakistani news network, an anonymous player revealed that despite signing the contracts in August, they had not received any payments to date. He added that many players rely on these salaries to put food on their tables and therefore are facing severe financial problems. The player further said that they are restricted to bio-bubbles in domestic matches and have no alternative routes through which they can take care of our households.

  • Delhi HC Directs AAP Govt To Decide On Imposition Of Night Curfews To Contain COVID-19

    As the COVID-19 situation in the national capital continues to remain grim, the Delhi High Court has instructed the AAP government to take a decision on imposing a night curfew, in a bid to contain the virus spread. The High Court has also directed the Arvind Kejriwal-led government to adopt measures needed to contain COVID without losing further time. The High Courts directive came after the government apprised it that the administration is ‘actively considering’ the proposal of implementing night or weekend curfews after the Centre’s latest advisory. 

    The Delhi government also submitted that around 40,000 samples through RT-PCR testing kits were collected on Wednesday. The court also asserted that there is a need for a protocol to be established to engage market associations and Residents Welfare Associations (RWAs) for better implementation of COVID directions on the ground. It also instructed that the State administration to appraise the court regarding the utilisation of the fines collected. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Delhi has reached 38287 while the number of fatalities has reached 8,720.A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad also slammed the Delhi government for their delay in introducing measures to curb the virus spread. The bench noted that statements made by the Delhi government to the media were contrary to the submissions they made in the High Court. Pointing out at the ministers had mentioned that the third wave of the Coronavirus had reached its peak and the daily number of cases were declining, however, the same ‘is not reflected’ in the daily tally.