Supreme Court of India

Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights v. Union of India and Another

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Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Sanjiv Khanna JJ.
Decided 25 January 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that having regard to the inclination which has been shown by the Union Government, it would be appropriate if the three suggestions which have been outlined earlier are duly placed before the concerned expert groups as set out in the affidavit of the Union Government so that the suggestions can be deliberated upon at a policy level at an appropriate stage.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Covid-19 vaccination: Vaccination of Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers – Petitioner seeking categorization of pregnant women and lactating mothers as belonging to the high risk category for the purposes of vaccination – Certain suggestions made by petitioner raised issues of policy – The same required the government to take decision, bearing in mind welfare, safety and dignity of such class of women – The suggestions made by the petitioner involved application of domain knowledge by experts in the area – Court not in a position to take the decision unaided by an expert determination…

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