The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea seeking transparency in clinical trial data for the vaccines being administered in India under emergency use authorization and also a stay on the vaccine mandates, which is being issued by authorities in various parts of the country.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, representing petitioner Jacob Puliyel, vehemently argued that there is evidence in the medical literature that, vaccines that have not been adequately tested for safety or efficacy are now licensed under emergency use authorization without the data being disclosed to the public.
Bhushan emphasized coercive mandates for use of these inadequately tested vaccines that infringe on personal autonomy and it also affects the livelihood of people, especially when authorities say one cannot shop, if not vaccinated.