‘Unless every individual is protected, no one is safe’ The Allahabad High Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to apprise it on how it proposed to “expedite” the purchase of vaccines from global markets, and asked it to find ways and means to ensure the immediate procurement of vaccines so that all citizens in the State could get vaccinated with complete doses within 3-4 months.
The court’s instructions came after the State government’s counsel submitted before the Division Bench that the government had already floated global tenders for vaccines.
Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar said the tender was a long-drawn process and if the State ran late in vaccinating large number of populations “we may lose the real desired result of vaccination as the virus may achieve such mutations which may neutralise the vaccine also”.
Allahabad High Court has exposed the Uttar Pradesh administration’s claims about the reliability of its Covid information system by demonstrating a mismatch between the government helpline and portal on the availability of hospital beds.
It has also described as “a criminal act and not less than a genocide” the state authorities’ failure to supply adequate oxygen to hospitals, shredding chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s steadfast denial of any oxygen crisis.
During a virtual hearing on Tuesday, the bench of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar asked an advocate, Anuj Singh, to call up the Covid helpline number around noon.
COVID-19 Patients Dying Due to Oxygen Shortage Is Not Less Than a Genocide: Allahabad HC
The remarks were made based on several news items and posts doing the rounds on social media regarding the death of COVID-19 patients due to lack of oxygen in Lucknow and Meerut districts.
Relatives carry a COVID-19 patient on oxygen support for treatment at Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital, amid the ongoing spike in COVID-19 cases, in Prayagraj, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: Using very strong words, the Allahabad high court on Tuesday observed that the death of COVID-19 patients just because of the lack of oxygen in hospitals is a criminal act, “not less than a genocide”, by the authorities responsible for ensuring the oxygen supply chain is maintained.
Singh disputes evidence drawn from the Gupta leaks emails
Former Transnet and Eskom chief financial officer Anoj Singh and his lawyer on Thursday challenged the integrity of information the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture extracted from the Gupta leaks emails when he was confronted with proof showing that the family paid for his hotel accommodation in Dubai in 2014.
Evidence leader Anton Myburgh read from an email containing an invoice reflecting that Singh’s bill for a luxury suite at the five-star Oberoi hotel he occupied between April 30 to May 2 was at least in part covered by Rajesh Gupta.
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