In a major judgement, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that no one can be forced to get vaccinated, and that under Article 21 of the Constitution, an individual's right to bodily integrity includes the freedom to refuse vaccination.
The Court also ruled that vaccine mandates enforced by state governments as well as other bodies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic are "not proportionate" The Court reached this conclusion because no sufficient evidence has been presented on the record to establish that the danger of COVID-19 virus transmission from unvaccinated individuals is greater than from vaccinated people.
The government has the authority to place restrictions on individual rights in the name of public health, but those constraints must satisfy the Supreme Court's three-part legality, genuine need, and proportionality test established out in the Puttaswamy decision.
"No data has been placed by the Union of India or the States appearing before us, controverting the m...
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