The Delhi High Court adjourned till October 4 hearing a plea seeking ex-gratia amount to the family members of a Delhi Police Constable who lost his life to Covid-19 on May 5, 2020, while serving as a frontline warrior in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Prima facie, it appears to be a classification not founded on intelligible differentia nor it is found to have a rational relation/nexus to the object sought to be achieved by such classification, namely, containment and further spread of COVID-19 pandemic, noted the apex court.
The Bench said the affidavit submitted by the State of Kerala discloses a sorry state of affairs and does not in any real manner safeguard the right to health guaranteed to the citizens under Article 21
After an appeal by the state government, the Kanwar Sanghs have accepted the government's decision to postpone this year's Kanwar Yatra, said a senior official of the Uttar Pradesh government
The petitioner sought reduction in dosage interval for Covishield vaccine from 12 to eight weeks for people above 50 years, as also for people with existing co-morbidities
The bench while listing the matter for further hearing on August 3 has further directed the Secretary to collect information from all the states and submit a report.
On Tuesday the UP government announced the Kanwar Yatra - could take place with a "minimum number of people" and that a negative RT-PCR test could be made compulsory if required. On the other hand, Uttarakhand has canceled the Kanwar Yatra this year citing the Corona pandemic.