The plea claims that children below the age of 12 years are susceptible to COVID-19 and should be exempted from going to school
A PIL was moved before the Calcutta High Court on Thursday claiming that children below the age of 12 years are susceptible to COVID-19 and should be exempted from going to school till a vaccine or a cure for the disease is found.
Lawyer Priyanka Tibrewal moved a division bench comprising Chief Justice T B N Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee, submitting that since vaccination of children continues till the age of 12 years, their immune system is not developed fully till then.
She prayed for a court order directing that children below 12 years of age be exempted from attending school physically till a medicine to cure the disease or a vaccine is developed.
The bench said the matter will be taken up for hearing on June 19 and asked the state and central governments to be represented by their lawyers.