New Delhi14 hours agoAuthor: Pawan Kumar
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The Supreme Court said- State governments are taking decisions according to their situation.
Most of the schools have been closed for more than a year and a half due to Corona. In such a situation, a 12-year-old child filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the central and state governments to open the school. On Monday, a bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and BV Nagarathna told the child, ‘Focus on studies. Children have not been vaccinated yet. The threat of corona is not over. At the same time, where the situation is returning to normal, the state governments are opening schools there.
The bench asked, ‘Can the school be opened like the situation is in Kerala and Maharashtra?’ The judges told the counsel for the petitioner child, ‘We do not say how wrong the petition is. Or is it used to get publicity. But children should not indulge in such gimmicks. Thereafter the petitioner withdrew the application. The child had said that online education is not effective. Children are becoming a victim of stress.
Answer sought on the demand for priority in vaccination of pregnant women
There has been a demand to keep pregnant and lactating women in the high-risk category and to give priority to corona vaccination. The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights has filed a petition in the Supreme Court for this.
On this, the bench of Justice Chandrachud has sought a reply from the Center in two weeks. The commission’s counsel Vrinda Grover said that the Center has issued guidelines for vaccination of pregnant and lactating mothers. But now it is being said that vaccination may have some adverse effect on them. So the policy should be clear.
Also sought answers on the demand for door-to-door vaccination for the differently-abled
In another case, a bench of Justice Chandrachud sought response from Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on the steps taken for immunization of persons with disabilities. Information on future plans has been sought. Pankaj Sinha, counsel for the NGO ‘Evara’, said, the Indian Medical Association has said that there should be door-to-door vaccination for maximum coverage. Jharkhand and Kerala have done so.
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