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In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Navneet Kaur Rana was elected as MP from Amravati constituency, which is reserved for Schedule Caste category. During that period of time, Rana’s caste certificate attested her as “Mochi” which is one of the the Schedule Caste communities, which thus made her eligible to contest from the Amravati constituency.

In 2014, Rana had entered politics on an NCP ticket, but lost the election. However, in 2019, Rana contested as an independent party from Amravati and won against Anand Rao Adsul. A petition was filed by Anand Rao Adsul, a former MP, in the Bombay HC against Rana alleging that she had filed a fraudulent and forged certificate. The petition states that Rana got her certificate validated fraudulently from the Caste Scrutiny Committee by providing them with fabricated documents, to be within the eligibility criteria of filing the nomination.

The HC held that Ms. Rana’s claim of belonging to ‘Mochi’ caste for obtaining the Scheduled Caste certificate was fraudulent and was made with the intention of obtaining various benefits available to a candidate from such category, despite knowing that she is committing a fraud.

After proper investigation on the matter, a division bench of Justice R.D. Dhanuka and Justice V.G. Bishth directed Rana to surrender the caste certificate within six weeks. The court has further ordered her to pay Rs. 2 lakh, imposed on her as a fine to the Maharashtra Legal Services Authority within a 2 week period.

-Report by Anuj Dhar

In an affidavit filed with the Mumbai High Court on Tuesday, the Department of Health and Family Welfare stated that vaccination near-to-door would be a more appropriate solution than door-to-door vaccination, On May 20, the Bombay High Court granted the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19’s (NEGVAC) time until June 1, 2021, to determine on a door-to-door coverage for residents who might now no longer be capable of going to vaccination centers.

All the participants who participated with inside the assembly agreed that covid-19 vaccination couldn’t receive at domestic because of the troubles and dangers stated through the Expert Committee, which became constituted beneath the chairmanship of Dr. NK Arora, Executive Director Inclen Trust to observe the door to door vaccination policy.” the affidavit states.

It cited the following reasons against door-to-door vaccination:

• Treating adverse events after vaccination (AEFI) in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Carry out the observation protocol of each beneficiary for 30 minutes after vaccination.
• Danger of infection by Covid-19 Vaccinators and mobilizers.

The court hears a PIL of two lawyers, Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari, asking for instructions from the central and state governments to initiate a door-to-door vaccination campaign for citizens over 75, people with physical disabilities, and bedridden people.

-Report by Manaswa Sharma