Case Law Details
Siddharthshankar Sharma Vs Union of India (Supreme Court of India)
The grievance of the petitioner that he was denied the facility of a vaccination for failure to produce an Aadhar card has also been dealt with in the counter affidavit. It has been stated that the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare addressed a communication dated 2 November 2021 to the Principal Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department of the State of Maharashtra to take action against the concerned private CVC for denying vaccination to the petitioner despite the production of a valid passport ID.
In view of the clarifications which have been made in the counter affidavit to the effect that production of an Aadhar card is not a mandatory pre-condition for availing of vaccination facilities, the grievance of the petitioner is duly met. All concerned authorities shall act in pursuance of the stated policy which has been extracted in paragraph 8 of the counter affidavit. The petition is accordingly disposed of.
FULL TEXT OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT/ORDER
1. The jurisdiction of this Court under Article 32 of the Constitution has been invoked for seeking the following reliefs:
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