Plea Seeking Direction to State of UP to Bring Law to Compensate COVID-19 Vaccinated Individuals Dismissed by Allahabad High Court [READ ORDER]

Judiciary Feb 12, 2021 Gautami Chakravarty ( Editor: Ekta Joshi ) 8 Shares

The Bench of Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Jayant Banerji was hearing the plea of one Gajendra Singh Yadav (a law student), who drew inference from the United States of America having National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act 1986 and other countries having similar enactment to ensure compensation to person who suffer any loss/ injury due to side effect of any vaccine.

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While noting that a direction cannot be given to legislate a law, the Allahabad High Court dismissed the plea seeking direction to the State of Uttar Pradesh to bring a legislation to compensate the COVID-19 Vaccinated individuals in case of loss/ sufferings. The Petitioner argued that to protect the life and personal liberty of individuals he seeks command to the State of Uttar Pradesh to have statutory provisions in other word legislation to compensate the individuals in case of loss/ sufferings.

In this matter, the Allahabad High Court observed that Courts have very limited role with regard to judicial legislation since neither the Courts can legislate nor they have any competence to issue directions to legislature to enact a law in a particular manner.

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In related news, the Madras High Court had recently ordered that an expert autopsy be conducted on the body of a health worker, as per AEFI guidelines as his wife alleged that he died after getting COVID vaccination.

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Providing Medical Assistance to Wife Wouldn't Absolve Abetment to Suicide Charge Against Husband: Allahabad HC [READ ORDER]

Judiciary Feb 09, 2021 ADITI AGGARWAL ( Editor: Ekta Joshi ) 1 Shares

In a recent case of Sameer Ali Khan v. State of U.P, the Allahabad High Court dismissed the bail plea of a Husband who was booked for abetting his wife's suicide while noting that only providing medical assistance to his wife would not go to absolve the applicant from the allegations.“Where the accused had, by his acts or omission or by a continued course of conduct, created such circumstances that the deceased was left with no other option except to commit suicide, in which case, an...

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Allahabad HC calls for details of Police Stations that donot have toilets for women in response to PIL for the facility

Judiciary Feb 09, 2021 Mathews Savio ( Editor: Ekta Joshi ) 1 Shares

The Status of Policing in India Report 2019 stated that 20% Policewomen complained about lack of appropriate toilets in their respective Police Stations and who it is affecting their work. Now in a Public Interest Litigation, a group of Law Students have approached the Allahabad HC seeking directions to construct separate toilets for women in Police Stations.The students appeared in person before the bench consisting of Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Jayant Banerji on 3rd February 2021.The...

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