HC refuses to put off Panchayat polls in Covid surge
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Prayagraj : , April 9 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has refused to postpone UP panchayat elections due to Covid-19 surge, saying that the state has declared that protocol is to be adhered during the poll process.
Dismissing a PIL, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed, The state government, while notifying elections in Panchayat Raj institutions has already declared a protocol to be adhered during the election campaign of the elections. This court has also issued certain directions in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) relating to corona pandemic, for the state government to follow during the entire process of elections.
Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court has refused to postpone UP panchayat elections due to Covid surge saying that the state has declared protocol to be adhered during the poll process.
Dismissing a PIL ‘In Re-Postponement of UP Panchayat Election 2021’ a division bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed, “The state government, while notifying elections in Panchayat Raj Institutions has already declared a protocol to be adhered during the election campaign of the elections. This court has also issued certain directions in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) relating to corona pandemic for the state government to follow during the entire process of elections. All necessary care as such shall be taken by the state government to prevent spread of infection during the course of Panchayat Raj elections. Hence, the PIL is dismissed.”
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has refused to postpone UP panchayat elections due to Covid surge saying that the state has declared protocol to be adhered during the poll process.
Dismissing a PIL seeking the postponement, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed, “The state government, while notifying elections in Panchayat Raj Institutions has already declared a protocol to be adhered during the election campaign of the elections. This court has also issued certain directions in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) relating to corona pandemic for the state government to follow during the entire process of elections. All necessary care as such shall be taken by the state government to prevent spread of infection during the course of Panchayat Raj elections. Hence, the PIL is dismissed.”
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Allahabad HC has expanded the purview of their survey-based petition to whole of Uttar Pradesh
Though she expected things to be below par, Anjali Pandey says she was “shocked” to discover the glaring lack of sanitation facilities for women personnel in police stations in her city Prayagraj. Ms. Pandey was among the 13 women law students who petitioned the Allahabad High Court on the basis of a survey in which they found that most of the police stations they surveyed 17 police stations and the BAR Council premises in Prayagraj lacked