LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS DURING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES: STUDY OF COVID-19 IN INDIA
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The Novel Corona virus, Covid-19 is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). It has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and is an unprecedented worldwide health crisis.
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that an outbreak of the viral disease COVID-19 – first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China – had reached the level of a global pandemic. The extent of the ramifications caused is still unclear, but it is evident that the world has come to a standstill. Quarantine and travel bans have been imposed globally. India too has people to legally enforceable quarantine or self-quarantine. It is in this context that mitigation and control of the outbreak of COVID-19 in India are thus of paramount importance not only to India but to the world.
Historically, India has adopted the common law remedies for quarantine enforcement, which has proved to be effective in times of epidemics and pandemics. One of the earliest precedents is found by the en banc decision of United States Supreme Court. Wherein the powers of the state to enact quarantine laws and impose health regulations are justified in cases of health emergencies, dangerous diseases, and viral infections.
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