SC to hear PIL against posters outside homes of COVID-19 patients

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea against the decision of state governments and Union Territories to affix posters outside residences of Covid19 patients who are required to stay in home isolationThe plea filed by Delhi resident Kush Kalra through advocate Chinmoy Pradip Sharma said the decision and action of affixing posters outside residences of Covid19 positive persons and disclosure of such names violates Article 14 and 21 of the ConstitutionThe SupremeCourt has agreed to hear a plea against the decision of state governments and Union Territories to affix posters outside residences of COVID19 patients who are required to stay in home isolation pictwittercomUmHHnMMQ3xmdash IANS Tweets ians_india October 30 2020Affixing posters outside residences of Covid19 positive persons amounts to unprecedented violation of the right to privacy which is a Fundamental Right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution said the PILContending that affixing posters is a primitive practice which was carried out in 18th century to deal with plague the plea has argued that Covid19 positive people who are already battling severe physical illness and the associated mental trauma are subjected to stigmatisation due to this practice of affixing posters outside their homesAffixing posters outside their homes leads to their illness is being widely publicised amongst other residents of a colony or apartment complex as well as household staff of neighbours vendors passersby and other unrelated persons it contendedOn Thursday after a brief hearing in the matter a bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan and comprising Justices R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah agreed to hear the petition on November 5 Let the petitioner serve a copy of this petition to the office of the Solicitor General it saidThe petitioner has urged the top court to issue direction quashing the decision taken to affix posters outside residences of Covid19 patientsThe top court was also requested to issue direction to stop forthwith circulation of names of Covid19 positive persons in any WhatsApp group belonging to resident welfare associations or neighbourhood welfare groupsThe plea argues that the decision and action to affix posters does not in any way factor in the sense of proportionality as the action goes beyond the extent of measures required to curb and control the spread of Covid19 It is extremely important to note that affixing of posters does not in any manner curb or control such spread There is also has no rationale or basis for such practice added the pleaKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever