Allahabad High Court disposed of PIL in Mahakumbh stampede case

Allahabad High Court today, while hearing the stampede case during the Mouni Amavasya bath in Mahakumbh, demanded a high -level inquiry into the death of all accidents in the Mahakumbh region on the assurance of the government and detecting a high -level inquiry into the detection of the missing people in Mahakumbh region on the assurance of the government. The public interest litigation was disposed of. The government told the court that the scope of investigation of the judicial commission has been increased. Now she will also find out the loss of life and property in the stampede.

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The state government has also included the death and property loss in Mahakumbh during Mauni Amavasya on 29 January in the investigation being conducted by the Commission. The state government informed the Allahabad High Court today. In the Mahakumbh on January 29, the PIL filed in the public interest litigation filed about the stampede incident during Mauni Amavasya was said that the inquiry commission constituted by the government has been asked to conduct a limited investigation. Public money loss has not been included in it. Only how the incident happened and such an incident did not happen in the future had to report on it.

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The Allahabad High Court had asked the state government on a PIL filed in the demand for the investigation of the stampede in Mahakumbh on January 29 under judicial supervision and the right details of the missing people Whether or not other complaints related to stampede can be included. The court had asked the government to provide information in this context by 24 February.

What did Chief Justice Arun Bhansali say?

While hearing the petition, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra had said that till now there is no investigation of other relevant details of the stampede in the commission’s field. Additional Advocate General of the State Government Manish Goyal had said that the Commission is fully capable of investigating all aspects of the stampede. On this, the High Court said that when the commission was appointed, there were no points to find out the number of casualties and missing people under its investigation. Therefore, these points can now be included in the investigation of the Commission.

What was said in the PIL?

The PIL filed by Suresh Chandra Pandey, former general secretary of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association, demanded the formation of the Judicial Monitoring Committee to collect details of the missing persons after the stampede in Mahakumbh. During the hearing, the petitioner advocate Saurabh Pandey said that several media portals have disputed the number of deaths (30) officially stated by the state government. Advocate Saurabh Pandey also cited a press release of various newspapers and PUCL, saying that the families of the deceased are being forced to run around to get the death certificate. The dead have been assured that they will be given a death certificate without paying a post -mortem of Rs 15,000. Now people have to wander around to get a death certificate. While the duty of the state is to help people.

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The advocate said that he has videos of people running ambulances, who have told how many people he had taken to the hospital. He said that in official statements, stampede in Sector 21 and other areas around Mahakumbh Mela has not been mentioned. On this, it was said by the state government that the judicial commission appointed by the State Government is considering all the prayers made in the PIL. The court commented on this that the commission’s scope does not include what happened during the stampede. In view of this, there is a need to increase the scope of investigation.

The state government was asked to give a message not to issue general notification regarding the judicial commission and the conditions of the context should be widely determined instead. Significantly, in Mahakumbh, there was a midnight after midnight on January 29 near the stampede Sangam Noj, in which 30 people were killed. Later, the government has increased this number to 70. The state government has constituted a three -member judicial commission under the chairmanship of Allahabad High Court retired Justice Harsh Kumar to investigate the stampede of 29 January. The Commission has invited people to give information about the incident.