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In a hearing the Supreme Court has stayed Allahabad High Court order, imposing lockdown in five cities in Uttar Pradesh.
The SC order comes after Uttar Pradesh government move4d Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court order on imposing lockdown in its five cities, on the ground that the High Court did not have the domain to issue such kind of directions.
The Supreme Court bench in its order also asked the state of Uttar Pradesh to submit before the state High Court its various steps and measures taken to control the pandemic, within a week.
The Allahabad High Court had ordered a lockdown till April 26 in Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Kanpur and Gorakhpur.
The Uttar Pradesh government had argued that locking down five cities by judicial order “may not be the right approach”. It also said Allahabad High Court’s order infringed upon the UP government’s domain.
