Doctor sends legal notice to govt opposing mandatory vax
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
28.06.2021
A Mangaluru-based physician has sent a legal notice to the state government, seeking that vaccination of students, faculty and other staff should not be made mandatory or a pre-requisite for resuming physical classes in schools and colleges. Dr B Srinivas Kakkilaya argued that “imposing” vaccine would be a violation of fundamental rights of individuals.
Last month, Kakkilaya was booked under Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act for refusing to wear a mask in a supermarket and arguing with staff when they insisted. He said he had been treating Covid patients and that the government had made “foolish rules”.
Advocate Chidanand Kedilaya sent the notice on behalf of Kakkilaya and three others, including a BA student and parents of children studying in class 10. The notice, sent to the chief minister, chief secretary, health secretary, deputy CM Dr Ashwath Narayana and education minister Suresh Kumar, requested them to take emergent steps for reopening of schools and colleges without any further delay. It warned of initiating proceedings against the government in case it goes ahead with the vaccination mandate with students.
“There are several reports which clearly suggest that majority of citizens, be it in India or abroad, have already been infected by Covid and most of them without showing any symptoms have recovered. Reports also suggested that a person once infected will develop immunity against infection from coronavirus,” the notice said. “The state government is contemplating to impose vaccination as a prerequisite for the opening of schools and colleges, (it) is not in the interest of students nor any such decisions could have any legal sanction. It is a violation of the fundamental right of the individual (be it students, teaching or non-teaching staff)...’’
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