The Supreme Court recently proposed formulation of a Standard Operating Procedure to safeguard citizens’ right to trauma care. In this regard, the Court requested Attorney General R Venkataramani to render assistance and submit a report on the stands taken by different states/Union Territories.
A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi passed the order, stating, “it transpires that formulation of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in consultation with the State Governments may be appropriate...we deem it appropriate to request learned Attorney General for India to provide assistance of his good office in scrutinizing the stands of different State Governments and Union Territories and after an opportunity to the petitioners, he may submit a report.”
The bench observed that the issues raised relate to equal opportunity concerns and personal liberty. Based on the report called from the AG, further directions may be issued for preparation of the SOP “which may be commonly followed for the benefit of the citizens in the country by respective States and Union Territories” it said.