On Saturday, Lokpal member Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi died of the coronavirus infection.
The former Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court breathed his last at New Delhi’s Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre of AIIMS.
Speaking to News18, Justice PC Ghose, head of the Lokpal, confirmed the news and expressed his deep condolences.
Justice Tripathi, 63, tested positive for the coronavirus last month and had been in the intensive care unit after his admission. He was on ventilator support for more than a fortnight but could not be revived, sources said.
Justice Tripathi, after being admitted to AIIMS last month, was later shifted to the trauma centre that provides treatment mostly to victims of road accidents but was recently converted into a dedicated COVID-19 hospital, according to sources. He was reportedly the first patient to have been shifted to the facility.
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Justice Tripathi was one of the four judicial members of the anti-corruption ombudsman, Lokpal. He had also served as the Additional Advocate General for the state of Bihar and was elevated to the post of Additional Judge of the Patna High Court and later became the Chief Justice.
He was appointed as the Judicial Member of the Lokpal on March 23 last year.
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