Sign In
Learn bits
Polity & Governance
Admin

04/12/20 16:24 PM IST

No mask violates FR of others

In news

Supreme court said people not wearing masks in public spaces are violating the fundamental right to life of everyone else

Highlights
  • It implored all states to enforce the guidelines on wearing masks and social distancing scrupulously in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • The apex court stayed a Gujarat high court order that sought to punish those not wearing masks in public by assigning them to Covid-19 centres to perform non-medical duties, terming the punishment “disproportionate”.
  • The top court asserted that masks are compulsory & violators should be penalized as per law.
Gujarat Judgement and issue
  • A division bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice J B Pardiwala directed the Gujarat government to come out with a policy or order, directing that all those caught not wearing face cover/mask shall be compulsorily sent to COVID-19 care centres for community service. 
  • The special leave petition filed against yesterday's High Court order on the same being urgently mentioned by Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta.
  • SG submitted that though the problem of not wearing masks was serious, the solution did not lie in punishing them with service in COVID wards.
  • "Harm of not wearing masks is much less than sending a person to a COVID centre. The problem has to be addressed on a war footing"
Source : The Hindu

More Related Current Affairs View All

22 Aug

Uttarakhand State Authority for Minority Education (USAME) Bill, 2025

'The Uttarakhand Assembly on Wednesday passed the Minority Education Bill, 2025, extending minority status benefits to institutions run by the Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, and

Read More

22 Aug

India needs a national space law urgently

'A nation with a strong base in science and technology is a nation with a strong backbone” — these words of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ring truer than before as India celebrate

Read More

22 Aug

Organ transplantation

'The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) recently issued a direction stating that women patients and relatives of deceased donors will receive priority in org

Read More

India’s First Ai-Driven Magazine Generator

Generate Your Custom Current Affairs Magazine using our AI in just 3 steps