Covid-19: Not allowing unvaccinated people in local trains is illegal, says Bombay High Court

Allowing only fully vaccinated people to travel in Mumbai’s local trains is illegal and violates the fundamental rights of those who have not taken the jab, the Bombay High Court told Maharashtra government on Tuesday, reported PTI.

The court was hearing a batch of petitions that argued that the prohibitions issued last year violated the fundamental right to freely move across the country as guaranteed by Article 19(1)(d) of the Constitution.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik on Tuesday said that the three government orders, issued between July 15 and August 11, to not allow unvaccinated citizens in local trains, were not in consonance with the rules under the National Disaster Management Act.