Allahabad HC gives UP govt 2 days to devise ‘complete roadmap’ for Covid control

New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to come up with a “complete roadmap” in two days, to curtail public agitation and prevent the spread of Covid infection in the state.

The division bench of Justice Siddhartha Verma and Justice Ajit Kumar heard a petition filed to deal with the conditions of quarantine centers in the state and other issues related to Covid-19.

At previous hearings, the court had expressed its concern over the spike in Covid cases in the state and remarked that imposing lockdown may be the only plausible measure to stop the spread of Covid-19.

The court suggested: “We expect stricter time schedules for shops to be there and also every effort should be made to minimize conglomeration of people in public places and in public vehicles. Here it may be mentioned that even though timings of various commercial activities may be substantially reduced, medical shops and dispensaries might be an exception.”

The High Court has kept a contempt application, filed as an intervention in the suo moto case, pending, in case the assurances given by the authorities to implement social distancing norms do not fructify.

The case is now listed for hearing on August 31.

Read the order here;

– India Legal Bureau