{"id":331417,"date":"2021-04-07T01:41:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T07:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=331417"},"modified":"2021-04-07T03:14:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T08:44:43","slug":"wearing-mask-is-mandatory-even-when-driving-alone-delhi-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/wearing-mask-is-mandatory-even-when-driving-alone-delhi-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Wearing mask is mandatory even when driving alone: Delhi High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-331418\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1768CA59-8E48-43B6-BB40-95E9C1E8A4C9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"673\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/04\/1768CA59-8E48-43B6-BB40-95E9C1E8A4C9.jpeg 673w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/04\/1768CA59-8E48-43B6-BB40-95E9C1E8A4C9-300x203.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/04\/1768CA59-8E48-43B6-BB40-95E9C1E8A4C9-621x420.jpeg 621w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/>The Delhi High court on Wednesday mandated the mask even if a person is driving alone in a private car.<br \/>\nA mask is compulsory even if a person is driving alone in a car, the Delhi High Court said today, terming any vehicle a &#8220;public place&#8221; where Covid rules apply. The mask is a &#8220;suraksha kavach (safety armour)&#8221; for the person wearing it and those around, said the court.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Even if you are alone in the car, why object to wearing a mask? It is for your own safety,&#8221; the judge said. &#8220;The pandemic crisis has increased. Whether a person is vaccinated or not, they should wear masks.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Judge Pratibha M Singh announced the decision while hearing petitioners who had challenged fines for not wearing a mask while driving alone.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High court on Wednesday mandated the mask even if a person is driving alone in a private car. A mask is compulsory even if a person is driving alone in a car, the Delhi High Court said today, terming any vehicle a &#8220;public place&#8221; where Covid rules apply. The mask is a &#8220;suraksha [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":331418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1961,36],"tags":[13991,14031,14032],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331417"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331421,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331417\/revisions\/331421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/331418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}