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The Allahabad High Court recently observed that to implicate an accused under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, what is necessary is that the offended.
The court ruled that detention orders as "illegal", for the government had failed to provide grounds for detention within the stipulated period as mandated by the National Security Act.
After a PIL said this illegal diversion resulted in the deaths of many persons during the second wave of COVID-19, the court directed the district magistrate to file his personal affidavit on the matter.
Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court recently directed the district magistrate, Ghaziabad to file his personal affidavit in a PIL alleging black-marketing of oxygen in the district, resulting in alleged deaths of several Covid-19 patients during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
The court also asked the DM to file the report of the inquiry instituted by him in this regard following a complaint filed by the petitioner Nand Kishor, a sitting MLA from Loni assembly constituency of Ghaziabad, alleging involvement of Shailendra Kumar Singh, ADM (City), Ghaziabad and some other persons in black-marketing of oxygen.
Hearing the PIL filed by the BJP MLA, a division bench comprising Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Sadhna Rani (Thakur) directed to post this matter on June 7, 2021 for the next hearing.