Aishwarya Rathore-
Supreme Court castigated the Kerala government’s decision to relax Covid-19 norms for three days on account of Eid, calling the move “uncalled for”.
According to the bench, “It is a shocking state of affairs that the Kerala government has given in to the demand of traders in relaxing lockdown norms”.
The bench stated, “Pressurehood of any manner cannot infringe upon the most precious right of Right to Life for citizens of India, if any untoward incident takes place then any public can bring it to our notice & action will be taken accordingly”.
The bench added, “To give in to pressure groups so that the citizenry of India is then laid-bare to a nationwide pandemic discloses a sordid state of affairs”.
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The Supreme Court’s warning comes amid a dwindling second wave of the pandemic, but a third wave warning remains in effect. The World Health Organization recently announced that the world was already in the early stages of the third coronavirus outbreak.
The bench ordered saying, “We direct Kerala to give heed to Article 21 read with Article 144 of the Constitution of India and follow our orders given in the Kanwar yatra case”.
The bench was hearing an application concerning Kerala’s relaxations in the run-up to the Bakrid festival.
Last week, the Supreme Court took Suo-moto cognizance of earlier media reports on the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to allow Kanwar Yatra during the pandemic.