Missing Of 82 Years Old Covid Patient From TB Hospital: UP Govt. Withdraws Plea Against Allahabad HC Order As HC Clarifies Its Previous Order

The Supreme Court today dismissed as withdrawn a special leave petition filed by State of Uttar Pradesh seeking stay against Allahabad High Court's order in which the High Court had sought details from Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Health and Family Welfare of the SOP/Plan prepared by the State Government for all levels of Hospitals i.e District Hospitals, Community Health Centres and Primary Health Centres and status about the implementation of the SOP/Plan by Hospitals. Allahabad High Court passed several directions against the Government in a Habeas Corpus plea seeking the release of an 82-year-old man from the custody of TB Sapru Hospital in Prayagraj, where he was admitted for treatment of Covid-19 but purportedly went missing. Filed through Advocate on Record Vishnu Shankar Jain, the SLP argued that the High Court has passed a number of directions beyond the scope of Habeas Corpus petition and has passed strictures against the Senior Superintendent of TB Sapru Hospital Prayagraj and against the entire Hospital and District Police Authorities without any rhyme or reason. Case Before Allahabad High Court While hearing a Habeas Corpus plea seeking the release of an 82-year-old man from the custody of TB Sapru Hospital in Prayagraj, where he was admitted for treatment of Covid-19 but purportedly went missing, the Bench of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Piyush Agrawal on August 27, 2021, the High Court had observed that, "We are constrained to observe that either the State Government has not yet prepared uniform SOPs for District Hospitals in Uttar Pradesh including T.B.