The Supreme Court on Monday declared that no individual can be forced to get COVID-19 vaccine as bodily integrity and personal autonomy are recognised under the Constitution's Article 21.
NEW DELHI, May 2: The Supreme Court on Monday held that no individual can be forced to be vaccinated against COVID-19, observing that bodily integrity is protected under Article 21 of the Constitution. Asking the Centre to make public data on the COVID immunisation’s adverse events, the top court, however, said that in the interest of protection of communitarian health, the Government is entitled to regulate issues of public health concern by imposing certain limitations on individual rights, which are […]
The Supreme Court on Monday said the courts must act to defend citizens in the assertion of their fundamental rights against executive tyranny draped in disciplinary power, as it declared that no individual can be forced to get Covid-19 vaccine as bodily integrity and personal autonomy are recognised under the Constitution s Article 21.