No Lockdown In 5 UP Cities, Supreme Court Puts On Hold High Court Order

Lucknow:

There will probably be no lockdown in 5 Uttar Pradesh cities for now. An order by the Allahabad Excessive Court docket final night, challenged by the UP authorities, has been paused by the Supreme Court docket.

The Allahabad Excessive Court docket had ordered a lockdown until April 26 in Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Kanpur and Gorakhpur. The Yogi Adityanath-led authorities refused to implement it final night.

The Uttar Pradesh authorities had argued that locking down 5 cities by judicial order “might not be the fitting strategy”. It additionally mentioned Allahabad Excessive Court docket’s order infringed upon the UP authorities’s area.

“I share the priority of the courtroom. A number of steps have been taken,” mentioned the UP authorities, however added that a few of what had been ordered by the Excessive Court docket was already in place.

The Excessive Court docket, whereas ordering the cities to close down, had mentioned the pandemic had “just about incapacitated our medical infrastructure…particularly in cities like Prayagraj, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur and Gorakhpur”.

However the state authorities mentioned such a lockdown was not wanted and it needed to defend each lives and livelihoods.