No legal compulsion to get COVID-19 vaccination, Centre tells SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Centre clarified to the Supreme Court that there was no legal compulsion to get a vaccination for COVID-19.In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the Centre submitted that the concept of informed consent is inapplicable to the voluntary use of a drug such as a vaccine. "While the...

Centre to SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the vaccines in use under the Covid vaccination programme are manufactured by third parties and they are recognised as safe and effective, and there is no material to suggest how the state can be fastened with strict liability for the tragic deaths...

Centre to SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that out of a total 15,783 Indian students who had enrolled in Ukrainian medical universities, 14,973 are undergoing online classes, which have been conducted by the universities.The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in an affidavit, said: "It is submitted that information...