The Delhi High Court will on Thursday continue hearing on a petition seeking directions to treat all persons with disabilities who qualify as per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 on priority basis for administering Covid-19 vaccine, irrespective of their age.
The bench, led by Chief Justice D. N. Patel, will take up the plea this afternoon.
Earlier, the Delhi High Court had issued notice to the Centre and Delhi Government on the petition.
A division bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh had issued notice to the Government of NCT of Delhi in the petition filed by the petitioner as a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to the Respondents to treat persons with disabilities on priority basis and to make special provisions for them for administering the vaccine for Covid-19, in terms of the mandate under Section 25 (1) and Section 8 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“RPWD”) Act, 2016.