The Allahabad High Court’s Division Bench comprised of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Ajit Kumar has passed direction to the State Government of Uttar Pradesh to constitute a Committee to conduct a fact finding enquiry into the treatment administered to late Justice V.K. Srivastava who died due to Covid-19.
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The Court while examining the record submitted by State government as demanded by this court on last date has expressed that,
“Prima facie, we are of the opinion that since the records are not a complete guide in this case and page No.- 92 seems to have some interpolations besides being not very legible, the matter should be examined by a committee to be constituted by the Government.”
Additional Solicitor General, Sri S.V. Raju, has submitted before the court that State has no objection in holding a fact finding enquiry into the medical treatment given to late Justice V.K. Srivastava at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.
Accordingly, the Court has directed the State Government to constitute a Committee and that committee shall be comprised of
- a Secretary level officer as its convener with a senior Pulmonologist from SGPGI, Lucknow and,
- a Senior Advocate to be nominated by the President/ Elders Committee of Awadh Bar Association as its members.
The Court has further directed that the Senior Registrar of Lucknow Bench, shall coordinate with Government, SGPGI, Lucknow and Awadh Bar Association in forming the Committee to conduct a fact finding enquiry into the treatment administered to late Justice V.K. Srivastava and submit the report to this Court within two weeks.
The Court has directed that the Committee shall be constituted within three days from passing of this order by the State Government.
The present matter has been listed on 17th May, 2021 by Court for next hearing.
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Case Details:
Case: - PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 574 of 2020
Petitioner: - In-Re Inhuman Condition At Quarantine Centres And For Providing Better Treatment To Corona Positive
Respondent: - State of U.P.
Counsel for Petitioner: - Gaurav Kumar Gaur, Abhinav Gaur and others.
Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C., Arun Kumar, Ashish Mishra and others
Bench: Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Ajit Kumar
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