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In re vs State of U.P (Allahabad High Court)
By the order dated 18th March, 2020, 19th, 20th and 21st March, 2020 were declared as holidays in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad as well as at Lucknow. The period aforesaid was extended upto 25th March, 2020 on 21st March, 2020. Subsequently, vide order dated 23rd March, 2020, keeping in view of gravity of the situation arising due to outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID19), the holidays were extended upto 28th March, 2020.
An address to the nation was made by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on 24th March, 2020 declaring nationwide lockdown for a period of 21 days. A consequential order dated 24th March, 2020 came to be issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Considering the same, this Court is held at the Chief Justice’s Home Office at 10:30 a.m.
As per the address of the Hon’ble Prime Minister and the order of the Home Ministry dated 24th March 2020, stringent measures will be implemented from midnight which will make it difficult for citizens to approach Courts of law and take recourse to legal remedies.
Only with the view to ensure that citizens are not deprived of their right to approach the Courts of law, we propose to exercise our jurisdiction under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India by issuing certain directions. The directions are required to be issued to ensure that litigants should not suffer on account of their inability to approach the Courts of law. We issue the following directions:
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