Thread by @barandbench

#BombayHighCourt to hear petition seeking door to door #CovidVaccine for the elderly and disabled citizens.

Hearing before Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni.

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AG Anil Kumbhakoni submits that the State of Maharashtra will not wait for Centre’s approval. They will proceed with implementing the door to door vaccination without centre’s approval.

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AG: We want to do it on an experimental basis. And we propose to start it from Pune District.
As we had conducted a drive for the students going abroad. Taking the experience from that, we will do the same.
We will invite invitations from citizens.

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AG: There will be additional conditions, but those have not been crystallised.
This will be extremely urgent.
There are some concerns of the administration. But I will discuss that in your chambers with the Petitioners presence.

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AG: The reason why I want it in chamber is that whatever I say in court gets reported in the media. I do not want a situation of panic amongst citizens regarding the vaccines.

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AG: We have selected Pune only because of the success of the previous experiment with the students and because of the size of the district, it is not too large nor small.

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Court: WE hope and pray that you do not press for the condition for the doctor to give his undertaking.
In a critical operation, the hospital takes the patients’ relatives undertaking.
Don’t give this impractical condition that no one comes forward.

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Court (reading from a newspaper): There is so much talk of AEFI..
Please have a look at these picture in @TOIIndiaNews. On a boat this vaccination is going on.. and in @IndianExpress there is a report on the extent of vaccination in Tripura. 80% have been vaccinated.

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Court: 99 year old lady was vaccinated in a far off State. It is a small state in a hilly region.
Ask your officers to draw inspiration from these.
In first part of June, there was a picture of someone on a bicycle getting a jab.

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Adv Dhruti Kapadia, petitioner in person seeks for a telephone helpline number along with email intimation so that people without internet can also avail the facilities.

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Court says they will hear the matter tomorrow at 4 pm in their chamber when AG, Kapadia and the Chairperson of State Task Force, Mr. Sanjay Oak will be present.

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