Allowing unvaccinated people on public transport not safe: Maharashtra
The Hindu
It will be like inviting explosive transmission of coronavirus and its variants, State to HC
The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that allowing unvaccinated people to use public transport is inviting explosive transmission of coronavirus and its variants.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and justice MS Karnik was hearing two PILs filed by one Firoze Mithiborwala and Yohan Tengra claiming that the State’s circular prohibiting unvaccinated people from taking public transport is against right to equality.
The court however said, the State’s decision was reasonable and not discriminatory or in breach of a fundamental rights. “The unvaccinated people were prohibited from the use of public transport to ensure they do not mingle with other citizens and spread the virus,” the court noted.