The Bombay High Court has sought response from the Serum Institute of India✱ (SII) and others on a petition filed by a man who blamed Covishield for his daughter's death and demanded a com🌺pensation of Rs 1,000 crore from the Indian vaccine-maker.
Petitioner Dilip Lunwat🍌 has also made Microsoft founder Bill Gates whose foundation had partnered with the SII, the Union government, Maharashtra government and Drug Controller of India respondents to the plea.
A division bench of Justices S V Gangapurwala and Madhav 𝕴Jamdar on August 26 issued a notice to all thꦬe respondents in the petition. The matter has been posted for hearing on November 17.
The petitioner 🏅claimed that his daughter Snehal Lunawat, a medical student, was compelled to take the anti-coronavirus Covishield vaccine made by the SII at her college in Nashik on Januarꦉy 28, 2021, as she was a health worker.
A few days late♈r, Snehal suffered severe headache and vomiting and was taken to a✱ hospital where doctors said she had bleeding in her brain, the petition said. Snehal died on March 1, 2021, and side-effects of the vaccine were the cause, it claimed.
The petition relied on a report submitted by the Central government's Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) committee on October 2, 2021, which purportedly admitted that his daughter's death was due to the side-effects of Covishield. The petition demanded a c♔ompensation of Rs 1,000 crore from the SII.
(With PTI inputs)
