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Relevance of Article 21- Right to Life at Epidemic Like Covid 19

Author(s) Suranya S Kumar, BIJU ANTONY
Country India
Abstract Right to Life is the most important human right envisaged by the international community as well as the constitution of India which means lock stock and barrel. Right to life concretes every other right to happen, because when the people have life then only, they can fight for other rights such as right to education, human dignity, freedom and nationality etc. This article sought to analyses the elements of article 21in the light of scenario of Covid 19 with an extended view. The entire planet has undergone the impacts of the havoc in everyday life owing to the rapid spread of the corona virus pandemic 2019(Covid 19) over the world. Many countries had to announced lockdown, command to shelter in place or issue stay at home order, to check the massive spread of the pandemic. Several arenas of the privacy of common people were also affected where the states had taken due care to release the personal data of people who had been quarantined and even the international community sought for it. The functioning of Arogya Sethu App in India hooks in to the ambit of right to privacy. Right guaranteed under Article 21A, government is under an obligation to make endeavor to impart educational facilities at all levels and under all circumstances. Indian population cannot pay to the basic technology which is currently being utilized to provide for the strayed school hours. The ones infected by Covid 19 as well as the one up and running on medical front are equally entitled under the right to health and medical care. Reflection upon the element of Right to food the State Government had taken time however assured constant availability of food stock to ration shops, but the migrant residents who did not have BPL cards were also considered by the government to avail food grains from ration shops. The effect of Covid 19 has called attention to the elasticity of the existing fundamental rights there by bringing forth prevailing loopholes of the system in to light.
Keywords Article 21, Right to life, Right to Privacy, Right to Education, Right to Food, Rights of Prisoners, Right to health.
Published In Volume 5, Issue 3, May-June 2023
Published On 2023-05-12
Cite This Relevance of Article 21- Right to Life at Epidemic Like Covid 19 - Suranya S Kumar, BIJU ANTONY - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 3, May-June 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i03.2966
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i03.2966
Short DOI https://doi.org/gr77px

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