Lucknow, Jul 19 (PTI) The entire civil courts premises in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow will remain closed on Monday after a lawyer and an employee tested positive for coronavirus.

The directions were issued by District Judge A K Ojha after the principal judge of the family court located on the premises told him that an employee of theirs tested positive for the virus on Saturday.

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Similarly, the Lucknow Bar Association informed the district judge that one of its former office-bearers had contracted the infection. It was demanded that the entire campus be closed and sanitised.

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