In Brief
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Pradeep Gandhy filed a Special Leave Petition challenging the Bombay High Court's refusal of interim relief in a writ petition concerning burials in an adjacent burial ground. The petitioner worried this posed a COVID-19 transmission risk to his family. The Supreme Court, sitting via video conference, disposed of the SLP without admitting it, but directed the High Court to expeditiously decide the underlying writ petition within two weeks, recognizing the urgent public health concerns involved.
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