In the middle of a major coronavirus surge that the city has not been able to shake off in a month, the High Court told the Arvind Kejriwal government today that a decision on the night curfew in Delhi must be taken promptly and enforced without delay. By December 3, the court added that a status report must be submitted after listening to the government, which said that a decision on the matter is under "active consideration"

"It is now for the Delhi government to take a call on whether night curfew is required to be imposed in Delhi or some parts of Delhi and/or other measures need to be adopted to contain the virus," the court said.

"It is now for the Delhi government to take a call on whether night curfew is required to be imposed in Delhi or some parts of Delhi and/or other measures need to be adopted to contain the virus," the court said.

"The Delhi government shall take a decision on this aspect and implement the same without losing further time," added the court, which took up the matter earlier this month when the 8,000-mark was surpassed by the daily spike. The rise in regular cases has largely held above 6,000 over the past week.

The court claimed that it agreed with the petitioner with respect to the large number of deaths in recent months. Though 6,562 lives were lost in Delhi up to 01.11.2020 due to Covid, an average of 800 deaths, "in the month of November that has still a few days left, the death rate has crossed 2,000, which itself is alarming," the court said.

Even if the mortality rate in Delhi is lower than some other cities in India because of the infection, that can hardly be a consolation to those who have lost a close and dear one,"Even if the mortality rate in Delhi due to the infection is lower than some other cities in India, that can hardly be a solace to those who have lost a near and dear one,"

Asked if it was planning to impose night curfews or weekend curfews, similar to other cities in the country that are experiencing a similar surge, the government of Delhi said, "There is no decision yet on imposing any kind of curfew, but it is under active consideration depending on the COVID-19 infection"

Yesterday, beginning on December 1, the Union Home Ministry released new guidelines for states to control contagion, in particular inside containment zones. "Covid-appropriate behaviour"Covid-appropriate behavior"night curfew after assessing local conditions"night curfew after local conditions evaluation.

However the final judgement has been left to the nations, many of which have seen a new upswing in numbers.