Hon'ble Calcutta High Court issues order on letter petition by Advocate Deep Chaim Kabir
In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Before : Hon’ble Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, the Chief Justice And Hon’ble Justice Dipankar Datta Dated : 28 th March, 2020 W.P. No.5324(W) of 2020 Court on its own motion : In Re : COVID 19 - Relief and services at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Letter dated 27th March, 2020 received from Mr. D. C. Kabir, Advocate, treated as a petition) The Court : The extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court is being invoked in view of the extraordinary situation pointed out through this letter petition. The matter relates to the reportedly grim state of affairs in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Various facets of the challenges faced by the people are pointed out in the letter petition. Access to justice is multifaceted assistance to the people. It is not confined to mere access to courts. It spreads out and trickles down multifarious inalienable necessities for human exi...