SC judges to get jab today, no choice between vaccines
India
Updated: Tuesday, March 2, 2021, 17:21 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 02: The sitting and former judges of the Supreme Court and their family members will get the COVID-19 vaccine shots starting today. This comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his first dose of Covaxin at AIIMS.
This comes at a time when the Supreme Court is planning on resuming physical hearing in the courts. The Chief Justice of India made it clear that the judges of Supreme Court themselves are willing to restart the open court hearings but there are medical and technical issues which the registry of Supreme Court of India is trying to sort out and solve. Therefore, it will be done gradually, the Bar Council of India said in a press release.