SC junks PIL on lockdown FIRs

New Delhi, May 5

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed former UPDGP Vikram Singh’s PIL seeking quashing of more than 75,000 FIRs registered under section 188 of the IPC and other provisions for violation of the Covid-19 lockdown.

“You want there should be no FIR and this (Section 188 IPC) should not be invoked… then how can the lockdown be enforced?” a three-judge Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said while dismissing Singh’s PIL.

It refused to entertain another petition seeking a direction for withdrawal of proposed salary cuts of cops.

The SC refused to entertain Congress leader Jairam Ramesh’s plea seeking implementation of Food Security Act for migrant workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. — TNS