Delhi High Court asks Centre if Bar associations can contact firms directly for COVID-19 vaccine to aged lawyers

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Centre whether Bar associations can be allowed to directly get in touch with the manufacturers of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine to provide it to lawyers above 60 years as also to those above 45 and suffering from co-morbidities. Justice Prathiba M Singh asked Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma and Central government standing counsel Anil Soni to seek instructions on the query and inform the court by March 4, the next date of hearing. The query was posed after several senior lawyers told the court that the various Bar associations in the national capital were willing to make arrangements directly with the vaccine manufacturers to provide the same to advocates who fall in the two categories.