The Kerala High Court directed the Assistant Solicitor General as to why Saudi Arabia was not recognizing Covaxin while the vaccine was approved by the WHO for international emergency use.
The Kerala High Court on November 16 asked the Center whether the government was not bound to redress the grievance if someone’s livelihood is lost due to the state-administered vaccine.
The poster came during the hearing of a man’s plea for a third jab of an internationally recognized vaccine so he could go back to Saudi Arabia, where he was previously working as a welder. COVID-19 the outbreak.
He has moved the High Court for a third test of an internationally recognized vaccine as the two doses of Covaxin he received are not recognized or approved in the Gulf country and hence, he is unable to travel there.
Justice PV Kunhikrishnan on November 16 observed that the court is not blaming the Centre, but when a citizen stands to lose his employment or his movement is restricted because of the vaccine given to him by the state, does the government have any No duty to redress his complaint?” The court directed Assistant Solicitor General (Assistant SG) S Manu, appearing for the Centre, to take directions as to why Saudi Arabia was not recognizing Covaxin when Vaccine approved for international emergency use by WHO,
The Assistant SG said that the vaccines were introduced to save lives, which was the focus during the pandemic and hence, the Center could not wait for the international acceptance of the same.
He also said that the government has its limits with regard to imposing something on a foreign nation.
The Court, however, held that the restriction on movement of a citizen or loss of employment due to the state-administered vaccine was a “violation of his fundamental rights”.
it asked the assistant. The SG will come with directions on the Saudi Arabia issue by November 29, the next date of hearing.
On November 2, the High Court observed that the Centre’s vaccination plan has created two classes of citizens in India – those who have got the vaccine, whose movement is restricted, and those who have got the vaccine and can go anywhere.
The Center had said in August that clinical trials to ascertain the effectiveness of administering the third dose of the COVID vaccine were underway and would take several months to complete.
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