Supreme Court of India

Kush Kalra v. Union of India and Ors.

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Bench Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 9 December 2020

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Disaster Management Act, 2005 – Posters affixed outside residences of COVID-19 positive persons under home isolation – Writ petition filed praying inter alia for quashing the said decision of affixing posters – Held: Guidelines issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare does not contain any requirement of pasting of posters against the houses of COVID-19 patients – State Governments and Union Territories can resort to such exercise only when any direction is issued by the competent authority under the 2005 Act – Constitution of India – Art.32.

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