In November 2022, when the top court was seized of a case dealing with mandatory vaccination and side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, the Union government had told the Supreme Court that it cannot be held liable to pay compensation for deaths caused by adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said the same in response to a petition by the parents of two young women who had died allegedly due to the adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccine.
The government then told the Supreme Court that vaccines manufactured by third parties had successfully undergone regulatory review, and holding the State directly liable to provide compensation may not be “legally sustainable”.
“The vaccines in use under the vaccination program are manufactured by third parties and have successfully undergone thorough regulatory review in India as well as other nations, being recognised globally as safe and effective,” it said.
Source: Barandbench
