New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Kerala government to respond to a petition seeking the formation of an impartial expert committee to evaluate the efficiency of intradermal rabies vaccines (IDRV) administered to humans.
A panel of Justices C T Ravikumar and Rajesh Bindal directed the state administration to respond within four weeks.
“The petitioners are permitted to serve standing counsel for the State of Kerala and Union of India respectively. It is submitted by the counsel for the petitioners that notice was already served upon the office of the Solicitor General.
“Taking note of the seriousness of the issues involved, we request the ASG and also the Standing Counsel for the State of Kerala to get instructions and file response expeditiously within a period of four weeks,” the bench said.
The top court was hearing a plea filed by the Kerala Pravasi Association and others which also sought the constitution of an independent expert committee to study the effectiveness of the rabies veterinary vaccine administered to dogs in the country.
The petition also sought directions for wide publicity and ensuring proper and uniform implementation of the National Guidelines for Rabies Prophylaxis, 2019.
With PTI inputs