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Life Imprisonment for “Intentional” Infectors in India: A Criminal Law Approach for a Public Health Crisis

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Life Imprisonment for “Intentional” Infectors in India: A Criminal Law Approach for a Public Health Crisis

June 24, 2020 04:43:58 pm

In India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, the government passed the Uttar Pradesh Public Health and Epidemic Disease Control Ordinance to help the government in tackling the rapid growth of COVID-19. It prescribes a maximum punishment of a life term if “death be caused by intentional affliction.” In this post, I provide three reasons as [...]

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