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Congress Leader and former ASG, Dr. Ashwani Kumar has written to the Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde to issue suitable directions in light of “devastating surge in Corona cases” across the country.
The letter seeks issuance of suo-motu directions to the Central and State Governments to the extent of the following:
“The nation expects the highest Court of the country, as the designated protector of fundamental rights, to exercise its extraordinary jurisdiction in these troubled times and vindicate its role as custodian of the constitutional conscience. This Court has, on several earlier and lesser occasions shown the way in non-adversarial public interest causes as the present one. Clearly, as laid down by the Hon’ble Court in several of its celebrated pronouncements, the right to life stands at the pinnacle in the hierarchy of constitutional rights”, the letter states.
Attention is drawn to the recent Kumbh Mela held in Haridwar, where almost 2000 people have tested positive for the Coronavirus.
Other instances include, election campaigns held in different states and festivals celebrated with gatherings in huge numbers.
The letter also highlights problem of easy access to vaccines for all citizens of all ages as a protection against the deadly virus.
“While there may be a case against total lockdown in the country, there is absolutely no justification for permitting/condoning super spreading events that pose an unacceptable threat to human life in a negation of Article 21 of the Constitution”, the letter further adds.
Statistics of daily surge in cases has been further enumerated to present the extraordinary threat to human lives.
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