Bombay High Court asks Maharashtra government to address security concerns raised by SII CEO Poonawalla

A vacation Bench said, “Mr. Poonawalla was doing a great service to the nation and the State government’s highest functionaries must look into the issue of his security.”

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said the Maharashtra government must assure the Serum Institute of India’s (SII) CEO, Adar Poonawalla, of requisite security in the wake of alleged threats to him over the supply of the Covishield vaccine manufactured by his company. A vacation Bench of Justices S.S. Shinde and Abhay Ahuja said by manufacturing the anti-COVID-19 vaccine, Mr. Poonawalla was doing a great service to the nation and the State government’s highest functionaries must look into the issue of his security. It said the State’s top officials must personally speak to Mr. Poonawalla, who recently went to London, and assure him of his safety upon his return to India.