Aadhar required to be shown to validate travel during lockdown.

On 26th April, 2021 the Aurangabad Bench of the High Court of Bombay sought to clarify several issues with regard to the lockdown imposed in Maharashtra. One such issue was with regard to people travelling during the lockdown hours. The Court held that all people, including doctors and medical staff, would be required to carry their Aadhar cards with them for the purpose of identification.

Relevant extracts of the said Judgment have been reproduced below-

“Barring the relaxation of 04 hours from 07:00 am to 11:00 am on the five days from Monday to Friday, any person, catering to essential services, using a Two wheeler / Three wheeler / Four wheeler / light motor vehicle / heavy motor vehicle etc., during the lock-down restrictions period, shall carry his/her Aadhaar card with him/her, failing which, he/she shall be liable to be booked for an offence. Ambulances would be exempted from such directions.

We do not find any difficulty in directing that, even Doctors, Medical and Para-medical staff should constantly carry their Aadhaar card with them considering the further directions that we are issuing in this order.”