Justice Ajay Tripathi Dies Due to Corona Infection.

Lokpal member Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi died of the corona virus infection on Saturday.

The former chief justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court breathed his last at New Delhi’s Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre of AIIMS.

Justice Tripathi, 63, tested positive for the Corona virus 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 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.

By Muskan Chauhan of Law College Dehradun