According to the petition the respondents failed to provide medical facilities like medicines, oxygen, proper treatment, bed, ventilators and many more services to the last person in the UP during this pandemic situation.
Justice Virendra Kumar Srivastava, a sitting judge of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, has passed away due to Covid-19. He had been admitted to PGI Lucknow for an ailment, where he succumbed today.
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Allahabad High Court dismissing a Public Interest Litigation seeking Postponement of Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Election 2021 scheduled from 15th April, 2021
The Court has issued issued the following orders to the State authorities to be enforced in the cities of Prayagraj, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar and Gorakhpur:
He has further submitted that while window for filing of cases in the High Court may remain open but there should be no physical hearing of cases and even online hearing of cases should be done where issues regarding demolition, eviction and recovery are involved.