India: SC’s Judgment on Compulsory Vaccination Addresses Executive Accountability

India: SC’s Judgment on Compulsory Vaccination Addresses Executive Accountability
The order sparks important conversation on the privacy of individuals. On May 12, 2022, a bench of the Supreme Court of India comprising Justice Nageshwara Rao and Justice B.R. Gavai, delivered a significant judgement in which it held that the directive of the state governments and the Union Territories to make vaccination compulsory was unreasonable. The judgement also directed the Union government to release the data of clinical trials subject to the privacy of the individuals.… Read the rest