Plea in HC urges strict lockdown in Delhi as Covid-19 cases rise sharply

The petition, filed through advocate Mridul Chakravarty, has also sought a direction to the Delhi government to consider constituting an expert committee of doctors, medical specialists and virologist

A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the AAP government to impose a strict lockdown in the national capital in view of the rising number of Covid-19 cases here.

The plea, by a lawyer and his office boy, has said the Delhi government itself admitted there would be around one lakh Covid-19 cases in the national capital by end of June and the number would escalate to around 2.25 lakh by mid-July and over 5.5 lakh by July end.

In such a scenario, the government should consider imposing strict lockdown in Delhi, the