SC seeks status report from UP on Covid cases in juvenile shelter homes
(WorldNews India)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a status report from the Uttar Pradesh government over reports that some inmates in Kanpur`s juvenile homes had tested positive for Covid-19. “There are news reports about children in juvenile homes in Kanpur being tested Corona positive. Please check and file affidavit,” a bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao told the UP government`s counsel. The court had taken suo motu cognizance of reports about Covid-19 cases among children in conflict with the law lodged in protection homes. The bench was hearing an application which sought “medical treatment and facilities” for 57 minor girls who reportedly tested positive for Covid-19 in a Kanpur-based shelter...