The Allahabad High Court has urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider postponing the 2022 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh by a month or two in the wake of the rising cases of Covid-19 cases caused by the new Omicron variant. "Jaan hai toh jahan hai (the world exists only if you are alive)," Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav said while hearing a petition for bail that he granted.

His comments on Covid-19 and the elections came after he observed that the court was very crowded. "If possible, consider postponing the election, because rallies and meetings can be held later when we all survive," he said. Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Centre's initiatives towards 'free vaccinations' in a country with a huge population, the court also made similar requests to him.