The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh to respond to the allegations of mismanagement in availability of oxygen, beds and medcines required for the treatment of serious Covid-19 patients. Justices Ritu Raj Awasthi and Manish Mathur of the Lucknow Bench of the High Court was dealing with the PIL which also said that audit of the oxygen and supply of medicines in the State was required to be done so that they are properly utilised. We direct the counsel for the opposite parties to seek instructions in the matter, said the bench which declined the submission of the state government not to entertain the PIL as the High Court at Allahabad was already seized of the same issues in a suo motu matter.
The Allahabad High Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to explain how it was dealing with the surge in COVID-19 cases in rural and sub-urban areas, and smaller cities of the state. A two-judge bench, comprising justices Siddharth Verma and Ajit Kumar, issued the direction while while hearing a petition that claimed the state government s focus in the recent past has been only on dealing with the COVID-19 situation in major cities. The smaller districts and cities got unfortunately ignored and also did not get the attention of the media, the petition claimed. Surge in cases is now being seen in rural areas also and the situation has alarmingly worsened for want of proper medical care, it said.
Allahabad HC seeks COVID-19 status report in rural areas from state govt ANI | Updated: May 08, 2021 09:15 IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Allahabad High Court on Friday sought the status of COVID-19 situation in the countryside from the Uttar Pradesh government and also the measures it is considering to curb the surge in the spread of the infection there.
On the vaccination drive in the state, a Bench comprising Justice Siddharth Verma and Justice Ajit Kumar, asked the government about a policy so that all people of the state can be inoculated in the next three to four months.
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The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday will answer Allahabad High Court over its COVID-19 management in the state.
Allahabad High Court had also directed the state government to submit footage of counting of panchayat elections.
New Delhi: The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government in a virtual hearing on Friday (May 7, 2021) will answer Allahabad High Court over its COVID-19 management in the state.
The Allahabad High Court will be taking account of COVID-19 related preparations like oxygen supply and lockdown curbs imposed in the state form the Uttar Pradesh government in Friday’s hearing, which will be conducted virtually in the view of rising COVID-19 infections in Uttar Pradesh.
‘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”.