New Delhi: The Delhi government on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that this issue whether the spa can be reopened in the national capital in the middle of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic under its active consideration.
Judge Rekha Palli took a statement record made by Government Advisor Naushad Khan on the petition submitted by the Delhi Wellness Spa Association to reopen the spa.
The association claims that its members have a valid license to run the spa here.
Lawyers told the court that the petition by the owner of two spa centers who was looking for similar help had come to hear on July 20.
The court said it wanted the reopening decision at that time.
“I want a decision at that time.
You open everything.” Judge Rekha Palli said and asked for a lawyer to take instructions.
Khan proposed that a balanced view must be taken considering the second wave of pandemic and the fate of the closure.
Senior Advocate Sachin Dutta, appeared for the Delhi Wellness Spa Association, told the court that keeping the spa closed by 50,000 to 60,000 people associated with this sector.
They are on the verge of starvation, he said and clarified that the application was not hostile and the burden of the burden of the virus had fallen in the national capital.
He added that the government could even choose to impose conditions working in the spa to be vaccinated.
Khan objected to the request that said that the association here was not a registered spa center association.
In the petition filed through HD Thanvi & Associates, the association has said that it was harmed by arbitrary delays, violating the law, and unwarranted and unfamiliarity in not opening a spa in the national capital.
It was stated that while all similar activities had been permitted opened, such as the gym and salon, the Delhi government had not allowed the spa to once again start their operations.
On July 5, the court had searched for responses from the Delhi government and the request center submitted by the owner of two spa centers, accused an uncontrolled delay in issuing guidelines to reopen the spa center which was closed in April because of the second wave of Covid- 19.
The court said That it was expected that the Delhi government was ready with an explanation of why the spa was not allowed to open apart from the January order which directed the reopening of the spa center closed during the first wave of pandemic.
In the order of January, the court stated that the percentage of risk was slightly higher because the client’s proximity and service provider in the spa could be removed by prescribing steps and protection that was tighter than keeping the company closed.