Lucknow, Dec. 7 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed the state government to make all efforts for the allocation of funds for the installation of fire-fighting equipment in the premises of the remaining district courts in Uttar Pradesh.

A division bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Indrajeet Shukla passed the order on December 4 on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition pending since 2011, seeking directives for the installation of fire-fighting system in all district court premises of the state. It was submitted on behalf of the petitioner SK Dwivedi that the orders passed in this matter had not been compiled with.

The court, in its earlier orders, had directed the state counsel to file an affidavit (r...