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Mominpura Bakramandi traders cannot go outside containment zone, High Court tells NMC
Umesh Uthkhede, Krishna Maske and Dinesh Yewle, all residents of Wathoda, recently approached the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court opposing Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s plans to relocate the Bakramandi from the containment zone in Mominpura to a vacant land adjoin Symbiosis College, which is currently being used as a quarantine centre.

Advocate Kartik Shukul
The three Wathoda residents, through their counsel Advocate Kartik N Shukul, seeked quashing of the orders dated May 5 passed by the Deputy Commissioner of NMC authorizing the relocation. The petitioners also prayed for interim relief to make sure that people from within the containment zone are not allowed to travel outside.
The primary ground on which the petition was moved was that the order directing relocating of the Bakramandi was in breach of the orders passed by the NMC Commissioner dated May 12. Through these orders, Mominpura was declared as a containment zone. It was also argued that relocating the market defeats the very purpose for which containment zones were created. It was argued that there is every possibility that such a market would result in rapid spread of the COVID-19.
After hearing the both the parties, the court directed the police and the NMC to make sure that no traders or any other persons are allowed to move out of the containment zone of Mominpura to attend the Bakramandi. Notices were issued to all the respondents and the matter was adjourned with further directions to the respondents to file a reply.
Advocate Kartik N Shukul assisted by Advocate Aman Verma and Advocate Raghav Bhandakkar appeared for the Petitioner and Advocate Gemini Kasat appeared for the NMC.
COVID-19
Thane Municipal Corporation adds 25 beds as COVID cases rise
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) added 25 additional beds in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital Kalwa apart from arranging a special ward dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The total number of active patients in the city stood at 252 while five succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, TMC Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said a ‘death audit’ of patients who died of COVID would be conducted. The TMC has ensured it has additional stock of oxygen concentrators, testing kits, medicines, to name a few. Bangar told HT, “Due to the increasing number of Covid patients, it is necessary for everyone to be alert.”
He added, The number of Covid tests should be increased to stay one step ahead of the disease. As a result, the number of patients is likely to increase due to increased testing. However, as per the ‘test, isolate, treat’ protocol for Covid, it becomes necessary to isolate and treat more and more patients. The testing centres will not remain closed even for a single day. At the same time, more arrangements for testing will be made immediately in public places, markets, railway stations, malls.”
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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Politics
After Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, his namesake who contested from Wayanad disqualified

Rahul Gandhi
An independent candidate for Lok Sabha elections named Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from contesting polls for failing to lodge account of election expenses. Gandhi, who’s name figures as ‘Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma’ in an Election Commission list of persons, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and had received 2196 votes from the Wayanad seat in Kerala – a constituency from where ex-Congress MP Rahul Rajiv Gandhi had won with over seven lakh votes.
However, since it is mandatory for all contestants to submit their account of election expenses among other mandatory requirements under EC rules and the Representation of the People Act.
Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma stood disqualified to contest polls from September 13, 2021 till September 13, 2024. According to Section 10A, the Election Commission can disqualify a contestant for a period of three years from the date of the order if he/she has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by law and has no good reason or justification for the failure.
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Nagpur News
Nagpur records 22 COVID cases in 24 hours
A total of 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur in past 24 hours on Thursday. Almost 242 people were tested in the city, out of which 15 belonged to urban area while and 6 were from the rural areas, and one from outside Nagpur district.
At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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