Supreme Court Directs UP Govt To Submit Status Report On Probe Into Missing Of 82 Year Old COVID Patient From Hospital In 2021
Live LawIn a case of a 82 year old covid patient who went missing from a hospital, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the State of UP to conduct an investigation and submit the report within 2 months. The direction was issued by the bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli while considering SLP assailing Allahabad High Court's order to produce the man before the Court on May 6 failing which the state officers were to remain personally present before the Court. On May 6, 2022, on the SLP preferred by the State of UP & 8 state officers, the bench had issued notice and also stayed further proceedings before the High Court. The State in its SLP filed through Advocate Ruchira Goel argued that the High Court failed to consider that the tragic incident occurred in May 2021, during the peak of the second wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic, when hospitals and health care providers were overstretched, and health care and other essential services providers were working under great stress.