A two-judge bench of Supreme Court in a response of plea filed by a former member of the National Technical Advisory group has issued notice and directed the government to respond to the petition and interim application and list the matter after four weeks.
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking directions to the Central government to make public the segregated data of clinical trials for the vaccines that are being administered to the population in India under the Emergency Use Authorisation.
The centre has declared abortion as one of more than 20 essential health services. Yet, access to it as a human right during the abrupt, long lockdown has been especially hard for women.