The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed home quarantine of a UK returned family of four members, including two kids. Earlier they have been put in seven days of institutional quarantine at a hotel near the airport after travelling from the UK, despite testing negative for Covid-19.
The bench of Justice Pratibha M Singh issued directions saying that there is a lack of clarity in the concern notification. The bench also directed to Delhi Government to instruct the Delhi Airport authority to prominently display related standard operating procedure (SOP) issued in this regard.
On Tuesday, the bench had sought response from the Ministries of Civil Aviation, External Affairs, Delhi Government and others in a plea seeking the release of four persons, including two children, from institutional quarantine.Lawyer Ganesh Chand Sharma representing the petitioner family had told the court that despite the negative report of the petitioner family who is having kids of…