With the Center clarifying that Aadhaar card is just not obligatory for registration on the CoWIN portal to avail vaccination facility, and that it is just one of many 9 paperwork that can be utilized for the aim, the Supreme Court on Monday requested all authorities involved to comply with the federal government coverage.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant was listening to a petition, which contended that Aadhaar card is being insisted upon for administering Covid-19 vaccination on the CoWIN portal.
“Pursuant to this courtroom’s order dated October 1, 2021, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has filed an affidavit which information that Aadhaar card is just not obligatory for registration on CoWIN portal and one of many 9 id paperwork may be produced. It can be recorded within the affidavit {that a} provision has been made for different class of individuals who might not have id playing cards of their possession like jail inmates, inmates at psychological well being establishments and so on,” the bench identified.
Among the 9 id paperwork are passport, driving license, PAN card, voter’s id card and ration card.
The courtroom stated that the counsel showing for the Center had submitted that “about 87 lakh people without ID cards have been vaccinated”.
Disposing of the plea, the courtroom stated, “The grievance of the petitioner that he was denied vaccination for non-production of Aadhaar card has additionally been dealt within the affidavit. The Health Ministry addressed a letter to Principal Secretary, Health, in Maharashtra to take motion in opposition to the non-public vaccination heart which denied vaccination to the petitioner regardless of manufacturing of legitimate passport ID.
“The grievance of the petitioner is duly met. All concerned authorities to act in accordance with the policy of the government.”
The petitioner had contended that insistence on Aadhaar violates basic rights beneath Article 21 and Article 14 of the Constitution.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
