The Supreme Court on October 13, 2025, highlighted the widespread non-compliance by States and Union Territories with its earlier order dated 05.09.2025, which had directed them to establish standards for safety measures in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in hospitals. Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and N.K. Singh, noting the failure to comply with this directive, issued strict instructions to the top health officials and the Court-appointed Committee, emphasizing that no excuses, including prior engagements, would be accepted, and any such commitments must be rescheduled to prioritize compliance with the Court’s orders.
The Court noted that on the previous occasion, all States and Union Territories had failed to comply with its directions to conduct a specified health exercise and submit detailed health department compliance reports to the three-member Committee constituted by the Court by order dated 19.08.2025. The States were required to submit the detailed health report to the Additional Solicitor General by 05.10.2025.However, despite indulgence and repeated timelines, most States had either not submitted the reports at all or submitted them after the fixed date of 05.10.2025 reflecting a causal approach towards the Court’s orders.
The Court addressing the matter issued notices to the Additional Chief Secretaries or the senior-most officials of the Health Departments of all States and UTs, directing them to appear personally before the Court with affirmed show-cause affidavits explaining the failure to comply. The Court also highlighted the role of the three-member Committee, including court appointed Dr. Nitish Naik, requesting that they meet at least once a week to review the available material and prepare comprehensive reports reflecting compliance by the States and UTs. The Court further instructed that any continued non-compliance, casual submission, or perfunctory reporting would attract strict action against both the officers concerned and the respective States and UTs. Accordingly, the matter is listed on November 20, 2025 to ensure urgent attention.
Appearances:
For Petitioner(s)- Mr. Karan Bhariohoke, Amicus Curiae
For Respondent(s)- Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. Prasenjeet Mohapatra, AOR Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. P.S.Negi, Adv. Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Ms. Yachna Sharma, Adv. Ms. Disha Singh, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. 2 Mr. Rohit Bansal, AOR Ms. Misha Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Nakul Mohta, Adv. Mr. Amulya Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dhingra, Adv. Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR Mr. Parag Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Ms. Shivika Mehra, Adv. Mr. Annirudh Sharma-(ii), Adv. Ms. Seema Bengani, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Aman Gautam, Adv. Ms. Anika Bansal, Adv. Mr. Ankit Roy, AOR Ms. Mrinalini Ramesh, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Mishra, Sr Advocate, AG Mr. Sarvesh Singh Baghel, AOR Mr. D. L. Chidananda, AOR Ms. Komal Thakkar, Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Santhosh K, Adv. Mrs. Devika A.l., Adv. Mr. Shantanu Kumar, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Santosh Krishnan, AOR Mr. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Tadimalla Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv. Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv. Ms. Priyadarshni Priya, Adv. Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR 3 Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Pranjal Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kashif Khan, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Shree Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Jatin Malik, Adv. Ms. Swati Vishan, Adv. Mr. Varun Varma, Adv. Mr. Pulkit, Adv. Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mrs. Prerna Dhall, Adv. Mr. Ambuj Swaroop, Adv. Ms. Rajnandani Kumari, Adv. Mr. Kapil Katare, Adv. Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR Ms. Ankita Sharma, AOR Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv. Ms. Ishika Neogi, Adv. Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv. Ms. Neha Singh, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Ms. Aakanksha, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv. Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaj Singh, Adv. Ms. Soumyadeep Chatterjee, Adv. Ms. Shikha Saxena, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Suman, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Yugandhara Pawar Jha, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Ms. Yasha Goyal, Adv. 4 Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Sharma, AOR Mr. Vikram Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Aman Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Ravinder S.Rathore, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Singh, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Javed Raza, Adv. Mr. Supriya, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Kumar Solanki, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR Mr. Kumar Abhishek, Adv. Mr. Kumar Nikhil, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Piyush Hans, D.A.G. Mr. Manan Verma, AOR Mr. Sumit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Trivedi, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Ms. Yanmi Phazang, Adv. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Sarvesh Singh Bhagel, Adv. Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Adv. State of Goa 5 Mr. Kamlender Mishra, AOR Mr. Vinod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Krishna Pandey, Adv. Ms. Aditi Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kartikeya Rastogi, DAG Ms. Inderdeep Kaur Raina, Adv Ms. Tamanna Kavdia, Adv.
