The Supreme Court has stayed the Allahabad High Court’s decision. Five cities of Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur, Prayagraj and Gorakhpur) will not have lockdown. The UP government reached the Supreme Court today against the Allahabad High Court’s decision.

The Allahabad High Court on Monday (April 19) ordered lockdown-like restrictions across five cities of Uttar Pradesh in view of the worsening COVID-19 situation. The court chided the Yogi Aditynath-led state government for not handling the COVID-19 pandemic well enough.

Those in the helm of affairs of governance are to be blamed for the present chaotic health problems and more so when there is a democracy which means a government of the people, by the people and for the people,” the order said.