Allahabd high court issued mandamus for entire UP directing that “no person should be seen outside his/her house without a mask  on his/her face and he/she should check that the mask covers both the nose and the mouth”.

Court directed the police in every district to deploy task force to implement this rule. After hearing a PIL for better conditions at quarantine centre , a branch compromising of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Ajit Kumar directed that each task force should consist of many more police personnel than presently have been deployed.

Court also added “needless to say that violation of this mandamus would entail rigorous punishments. The police and the administration cannot get away by saying that people are to be blamed for not wearing the mask. They cannot say that despite their best efforts, masks are not being worn. The people and the administration should realize that today wearing of masks is not only for the protection of the person who is wearing it but it is now also important for protecting the whole society and if a person commits a crime against society he has to be punished”.

The order was passed on September 23 and came to limelight on September 24.

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