Thread by @barandbench

#UttarakhandHighCourt to hear today: #Covid-19 PILs.

Court addresses the data presented to the cabinet and Court.

Court to Dr. Ashish: Why have you used different units throughout the affidavit?

Even for Kedarnath, you have given data for just three months- 6536.

You are not allowed to take the #HighCourt for a ride.

The question is not how many people are visiting, it is how the data is being cleverly presented to the Court.

If we find the litigant is not coming with clean hands, we have to take a very serious view of the situation.

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Court: As elaborate as this SOP may sound, this is very similar the SOP issued for Kumbh Mela?

Dilip Jawalkar, the Secretary, of the Department of Tourism agrees.

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Who will ensure that spitting will be prevented and #Covid19 precautions are followed, asks the #UttarakhandHighCourt

The Court further questions Jawalkar regarding the consequences of public not following SOP. “How will you ensure compliance?”

Court asks Advocate General Babulkar why incomplete reports and affidavits are being filed.

Court: This Cat & Mouse game has been going on since January.

Chief Justice: I expect my Government to be honest to the Court.

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Court: Someone at the AG’s office should have gone through these shoddy documents.

If I can do it overnight, then the AG’s office can do it.

Court: We must have medical units with Oxygen along the route, the same way we do with Amarnath Yatra.

We should make water available at these units.

Jawalkar submits that helipads are available along the route, medical evacuations can be carried out.

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#UttarakhandHighCourt: At least Mr. Negi was honest enough to tell us that out of 8 ventilators at Rudraprayag, 6 are not working.

That sense of honestly is lacking here.

Court: Similar SOP was issued for #Kumbh Mela. Then what happened?

Photos and videos at Kumbh showed that #Covid19 protocols like social distancing and masking were not being followed.

Dr. Chauhan: We will do our best to ensure safety.

Court: What happens if you fail? If people die due to the #CharDhamYatra would the government take on the burden of compensating families where there are deaths.

Kindly read this morning’s TOI, scientists are saying watch out for four more emerging variants says the #UttarakhandHighCourt

When other countries have started taking necessary steps to avoid the third wave, why is the State of Uttarakhand asking for another catastrophe, asks the #HighCourt.

Uttarakhand High Court: Especially after the State has been the centre of two catastrophes- with the #Kumbh and the #GangaDarshan.

So many failures of the government to implement SOPs, how do we know that the #CharDham is not going to be a failure?

Dr. Chauhan: Everyone will need to carry a negative RTPCR.

Court: Have you forgotten the fake RTPCR tests at the #Kumbh?

Court: Religious faith cannot be allowed to override public safety.

#UttarakhandHighCourt #Covid19 #CharDhaam

Court: Please develop a web-based software to inform devotees of live-streaming.

Chief Secretary Om Prakash: Some of the priests are troublemakers. They will have to be consulted.

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Court: The State cannot succumb to troublemakers. The best interest of priestly community is also being considered.

Ask the priests, what is their Dharma? Is it to push mankind into this? Talk to them in their language.

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Advocate Shiv Bhatt submits that the Supreme Court has also passed directions for States to avoid super spreader events.

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Bhatt: There should be a joint inspection to present facts before the Court.

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Advocate Abhijay Negi: Do the Nagar Panchayat’s have the resources to carry out sanitisation and other protocols?

It is an open secret that they are not even capable of carrying out their regular duties.

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Advocate Abhijay Negi: Do the Nagar Panchayat’s have the resources to carry out sanitisation and other protocols?

It is an open secret that they are not even capable of carrying out their regular duties.

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AG: I have a doubt in my mind whether live streaming is in the customs.

Court: There were no cameras at the time of the Vedas.

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AG: I wish to ask if using of more cameras in these areas may adversely affect security because Chaar Dhaam is very close to borders.

AG: I wish to ask if using of more cameras in these areas may adversely affect security because Chaar Dhaam is very close to borders.

Court: We must protect all Char Dhaams from attack. Please consult with the security forces.

I presume our State has already secured the Chaar Dhaams even in normal circumstances.

“It is the interest of the public to stay the operation of cabinet decision dated 25 June and to direct the government not to permit pilgrims to reach the #CharDham temples." #UttarakhandHighCourt

#UttarakhandHighCourt directs live streaming of #CharDham and a report on the same to be placed on record.

Matter listed on 7 July.

[BREAKING] Uttarakhand High Court stays State govt decision to start Char Dham Yatra for local pilgrims; recommends live streaming

report by @SuryamShagun

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Read more here: bityl.co/7Yaw

“The Government must be honest with the Court. It has purposely tried to mislead the Court with its data. The High Court cannot be taken lightly by the Government. You can be hauled up for perjury,” the Court said.

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Important observations from today's order of the Uttrakhand HC on Char Dham Yatra:

1. When there is conflict between the right of an individual, and the right of a community, the latter will always take precedent over the former.

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2. "If the Char Dham Yatra were permitted, we would again be inviting a catastrophe."

- Uttrakhand HC

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3. "State Government cannot
plead that merely because a few priests may object to the live streaming, it will succumb to their pressure."

- Uttrakhand HC

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4. Since our ancestors were unaware of the development of a technology that would permit live streaming, the possibility of our Shastras prohibiting
live streaming of a religious ceremony is absolutely impossible.

- Uttrakhand HC

#Chardham #Uttarakhand