The Punjab and Haryana High Court has come down heavily on the Haryana government for initiating disciplinary proceedings against a doctor on COVID-19 duty merely because he did not stand up when an MLA entered the emergency ward. Calling the State’s conduct “insensitive” and “highly disturbing,” the court directed authorities to immediately issue a no-objection certificate (NOC) allowing the doctor to pursue a postgraduate medical course, and imposed ₹50,000 as costs.

A division bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor passed the order on November 21 while hearing the petition filed by Dr Manoj, a casualty medical officer. According to the plea, during the peak of the pandemic the petitioner was working in the emergency ward of a government hospital when an MLA visi

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