Covid-19 patients treated as untouchables once posters pasted on their homes, says SC

The Supreme Court Thursday said that once posters are pasted outside the homes of COVID-19 patients, these people are treated as “untouchables”, reflecting a different “ground reality”.

The Centre informed the apex court that although it has not prescribed this rule, the practice has nothing to do with “stigmatising” COVID-19 patients as it is aimed at protecting other people.

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah said that the ground reality is “something different” and as once such posters are pasted at their homes, they are treated as untouchables.