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Executive's wisdom should be trusted In view of the unprecedented and peculiar circumstances under which vaccination drive is devised as an executive policy the wisdom of the executive should be trusted. — Union Government“Any overzealous though well-meaning judicial intervention may lead to unforeseen and unintended consequences” the affidavit submitted. The SC had earlier asked the Centre to reconsider its vaccine pricing policy as it would prima facie prove detrimental to the right to public health. Defending its vaccination policy the Centre said the price factor would not have any impact on the ultimate beneficiary since all state governments had declared they would be administering vaccines to their residents free of cost. The vaccine price was not only reasonable but also uniform throughout India it submitted..