No prohibition imposed by Centre on states doing door-to-door vaccination: Bombay HC

It added that the state need not wait for its orders to implement such guidelines if they were finalised

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday observed that the Central government has not explicitly prohibited state governments from providing a door-to-door vaccination for the elderly and disabled citizens, who would not be able to visit immunisation centres.

Therefore, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni asked the Maharashtra government to decide if it will undertake door to door vaccination by June 22. It added that the state need not wait for its orders to implement such guidelines if they were finalised.

On Monday, the court asked Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh if the Central government had attempted to stop states like Kerala and Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir that have already started door-to-door vaccination.

Singh responded that the Centre said their communications to the state against door-to-door immunisation were merely guidelines/advisories that they expected states to follow.