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Epidemic Act 1867

It may not be out of context to draw analogy to the service conditions of armed forces serving in defence services. A person serving in armed forces is stripped of fundamental rights while on service. Nothing comes in way in the matter of defending the country. Similarly, when it comes to epidemic diseases, it is the turn of every citizen to forego fundamental rights and protect human life on earth. When it comes to epidemic diseases, its jurisdiction magnifies itself to life on earth independent of boundaries of  houses, states or countries. It brings in the dimension that a human being is born on earth and  consequently demanding exhibition of qualities demonstrating ownership of earth and  its welfare. Citizens while not enjoy such magnitude of source of thinking due to local operation restricted their personal needs. It is only in such contingencies, wherein only state as a whole will be able to interact with magnitude of the problem, will have to deal with such contingencies. In such extreme situations state cannot be curtailed in taking curative and preventive actions fearing violation of fundamental rights of citizens. In such situation of emergency every citizen assumes the role of state and becomes obligatory to exhibit and match act of state. There is no scope for sitting in judgement and find fault with act of state. In such matters the source of thinking of state while enacting such laws has to be in the context of generating strict compliance from every citizen prescribing zero tolerance. The Epidemic Diseases Act  1897 stands the test of law.  If it has withstood undeveloped period then there is no impediment in the modern era of development. Mere maturity in the area of fundamental rights should put citizens in dominant position to find fault with laws that attend the need of state during  extraordinary situations.