The Madras High Court recently dismissed a writ petition seeking to reveal the identity of the COVID-19 affected persons. Holding that the same may further aggravate the "social stigma" being attached to the victims of COVID-19 due to the disease's infectious nature, a division bench comprising of Justice M. Sathyanarayanan and Justice M. Nirmal Kumar disposed of the...
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