PM's pic on Covid vaccination certificates cannot be considered as advt: HC

The bench said the Prime Minister has every right to give out a message on vaccination

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday said the Prime Minister has every right to give a message on COVID-19 vaccination and ruled his photo in the jab certificate cannot be considered as an advertisement.

A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly dismissed an appeal filed against a single judge order junking a plea seeking removal of the Prime Minister's photo from the COVID-19 vaccination certificates.

The bench said the PM's photo cannot be considered as an advertisement, adding, the Prime Minister has every right to give out a message on vaccination. A Single Bench of the