Positive tested people treated as untouchable in the society when posters are pasted outside their home - Supreme court
The Supreme Court today stated that once the posters are pasted outside the homes of COVID-19 patients and people are treated as "untouchables" to the covid patients which reflecting a different "ground reality".said its officials.
However, the Centre stated to the top court that although it has not suggested this rule, the practice has nothing to do with "stigmatising" COVID-19 patients and aimed to protecting other people and getting them aware for the particular area.
The band of Justice Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah said that the ground reality is "something different" and as once such posters are pasted at their homes, people start treating them as untouchables. On the other hand General Tushar Mehta who served as Solicitor,stated that in some states in India, people are continuing this practice just because to prevent the virus from spreading and to cure themselves during covid pandemic.
The bench of justice reported "Let the counter filed by Union come on record we'll take it up on Thursday," and also observed that when the state government has agreed in the high court not to paste posters outside the homes of covid patients, So the court questioned the Centre on this matter why no guidelines was issued on dealing with it in the country, because of information about covid patient among the area create untouchability and due to this issue citizens of the nation are not getting themselves tested on the other hand the AAP government had stated the Delhi High Court that it has instructed about the posters all its officials not to paste posters outside homes of COVID-19 positive persons or isolation homes and have been not allowed to share positive result due to COVID-19 persons with their neighbors, resident welfare associations or Whatsapp groups and the ones pasted have been ordered to be removed on November, 3.
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