Thread by @barandbench

#maharashtragoverment informs #BombayHighCourt that the circulars pertaining to the prohibition on people not fully vaccinated from travelling in public transport will not be withdrawn.

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CJ Dipankar Datta: You are insisiting that everyone must get vaccinated. You say that vaccination is not mandatory and yet you create a situation where the people are deprived of these benefits.
The doctors can only advice but what about fundamental rights of people.

#BombayHC

The Bench was informed that a new SOP has been issued on March 1, 2022 which are yet to be published which permit only fully vaccinated persons from boarding local trains and visit public places.

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CJ: We must express that we committed a mistake in restricting the scope of this PIL only to the three SOPs under challenge. We should have gone ahead and set aside January 22 notification.

CJ: But you don’t respect the sentiments of this court. We will remember this. This is a lesson the Court has learnt from the State government in this case.

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The Court left it to the petitioners to file a fresh petition challenging the new SOP if aggrieved by the same.