Allahabad HC Extends Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till January 5

The order has been passed by a Division Bench comprising of Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery as the Court noted that the "position obtaining today is same as was on 20.10.2020, when the last order was passed."

Previously, the High Court had extended all interim orders till Tuesday (01^st December). Now, yesterday's order has further extended the operation of interim orders till Tuesday (05^th January).

The Bench said,

"A Suo Moto cognizance pertaining to the interim orders and limitation expiring during the period of lock down due to COVID-19 was taken by this Court. A detailed order in reference to interim orders and even limitation expiring during the period of COVID-19 was passed from time to time."

Further, the Bench said,

"This Court modified the order on 19.08.2020. It was made mainly in reference to the interim orders and caveat entered under Section 148-A C.P.C which were extended till 01.12.2020. The position obtaining today is same as was on 20.10.2020, when the last order was passed. Taking aforesaid into consideration, the order dated 20.10.2020 is further extended and made operational till 05.01.2021."

The Court will now review the situation on Tuesday (05^th January).

It may be noted that the Telangana High Court on Wednesday (25^th November) extended the operation of interim orders passed by this Court, as well as by the District and other Subordinate Courts till Wednesday (11^th December 2020).

Taking suo-moto cognizance of the prevailing extraordinary circumstances, the Full bench of the Telangana High Court issued the said order dated 25^th November to extend interim orders passed by the High Court till 11^th December 2020. Earlier, the bench had extended its interim orders till 30^th November.