The nature of duty shall be appropriately decided by the authorities considering age, qualification and gender of violators, the Bench said while hearing a PIL petition
Coming down heavily against those not wearing mask and not following the COVID-19 protocols, the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday directed the State government to make the community service at care centres mandatory for those found violating the face mask rules.
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The Division Bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice J.B. Pardiwala directed the State government to issue a notification regarding compulsory community service at non-medical COVID-19 centres for four to six hours for five to 15 days as punishment to those who are found not wearing a mask.
The order came on a public interest litigation petition seeking the court’s direction to make community service at COVID-19 centres mandatory for violators.
The petition said many people were found…