UP Govt Moves Supreme Court To Challenge Allahabad HC Order To Impose Lockdown In 5 Cities; Hearing Today
Uttar Pradesh government has moved Supreme Court to challenge the Allahabad High Court order on imposing lockdown in its five cities, on the ground that the High Court did not have the domain to issue such kind of directions.
Uttar Pradesh government has moved Supreme Court to challenge the Allahabad High Court order on imposing lockdown in its five cities, on the ground that the High Court did not have the domain to issue such kind of directions.
The matter was mentioned by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde seeking urgent listing. The Chief Justice of India (CJI) led bench of the Supreme Court has decided to hear the matter today.
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The high court had yesterday ordered the state government to impose a weeklong lockdown in Lucknow, Allahabad, Kanpur Nagar, Varanasi and Gorakhpur.
A two-judge bench comprising Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar while hearing a PIL on the treatment of coronavirus patients, observed that, "in given scenario of present time if people are restrained from going outside their homes for a week in the first instance, the current chain of the spread of COVID infection can be broken."
However, even as the state is recording a big spike in daily coronavirus cases, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) Monday informed that there will not be any lockdown in the state. "There is no need to impose a complete lockdown. Weekend lockdowns will continue to curb the spread of Covid-19," CMO informed.
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