Supreme Court of India
Jacob Puliyel v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that bodily integrity is protected under Article 21 of the Constitution and no individual can be forced to be vaccinated.
Judgment, page 74
From the headnote
Public health – COVID-19 pandemic – Vaccines and oth er public health measures – Fundamental rights of individuals – Bodily integrity and personal autonomy of an individual – Held: Bodily integrity is protected under Art. 21 of the Constit ution and no individual can be forced to be vaccinated – Further , personal autonomy of an individual, which is a recognised fa cet of the protections guaranteed under Art. 21, encompasses t he right to refuse to undergo any medical treatment in the sphere of i ndividual health – However, in the interest of protection of communitarian health, the Government
Authorities it was built on
- 2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1990 Shri Sitaram Sugar Company Limited & Anr. Etc. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2009 Villianur Iyarkkai Padukappu Maiyam v. Union of India and Others
- 2007 Directorate of Film Festivals and Ors. v. Gaurav Ashwin Jain and Ors.
- 1987 Vincent Panikurlangara v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2014 National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India and Others
- 1975 Govind v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.
- 1962 Kharak Singh v. The State of U. P. & Others
- 1973 Pyarali K. Tejani v. Mahadeo Ramchandra Dange and Others
- 2004 Indian Banks' Association, Bombay and Ors. v. M/s. Devkala Consultancy Service and Ors.
- 2011 Academy of Nutrition Improvement and Ors. v. Union of India
- 1998 Mr.'x' v. Hospital Z
- 2014 Common Cause (a Regd. Society) v. Union of India
- 2013 G. Sundarrajan v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2011 Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug v. Union of India and Others
- 2007 Delhi Development Authority, N.D. & Anr. v. Joint Action Committee, Allottee of Sfs Flats & Ors.
- 1988 Laxmi Raj Shetty and Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2019 Association of Medical Super Specialityaspirants and Residents & Ors. v. Union of India & Others
- 2018 Dr. Ashwani Kumar v. Union of India & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2026 Rachana Gangu v. Union of India
- 2024 IN RE : SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 versus
- 2024 Gene Campaign & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
Of those, 3 referred to
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