Coronavirus | Supreme Court upholds High Court order on quantum of oxygen supply to Karnataka
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HC order shows an extraordinarily well-calibrated approach, says top court
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HC order shows an extraordinarily well-calibrated approach, says top court
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Karnataka High Court order of May 5 directing the Centre to supply 1,200 MT of oxygen every day to the State.
A Bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah described the interim order of the High Court as a “careful, calibrated and judicious exercise”.
The top court pointed out that even Karnataka government had projected the need for 1,800 MT oxygen if cases climbed to 3.95 lakh. The cases, the Bench noted, had gone up to 4.95 lakh cases on May 5, and the minimum requirement was 1,100 MT.
HC expresses anguish over absence of protocol for oxygen need and supply
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May 06, 2021 23:18 IST
It directs government to immediately issue guideline to ensure no gap in timely supply of oxygen
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The court observed that a centralised data of oxygen bottling plants, their capacities, and availability of oxygen have not been been created. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN
It directs government to immediately issue guideline to ensure no gap in timely supply of oxygen
The High Court of Karnataka expressed anguish as the State government on Thursday admitted that it has no written guideline or protocol for the procurement and the supply of oxygen and the data on oxygen requirement in different districts and taluks even as COVID-19 cases crossed 50,000.
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Centre to immediately increase the cap on allocation of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to the state of Karnataka to 1200 MT per day amid the COVID-19 crisis. We direct the Government of India to increase the cap on supply of oxygen to the state to upto 1200 MT per day from the sanctioned allocation of 965 MT, directed the division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar after analysing the situation created due to the pandemic in Karnataka. In these circumstances, we have no option but to issue a mandatory direction to the Government of India to again consider representation made by the state government, on April 30. We direct the state government to immediately submit a representation to the Government of India, with a projected estimate of oxygen for next one week. Representation shall be considered by the Government of India, within four days. Till representation is considered, we direct the Government of India to i
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It directs State government to get in touch with Centre on vaccine doses
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A notice about Covaxin on display at K.C. General Hospital in Bengaluru on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN
It directs State government to get in touch with Centre on vaccine doses
Describing the current COVID-19 situation in State as “shocking to say the least”, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday directed the State government to immediately get in touch with the Central government in connection with an order already placed with vaccine manufacturers for the supply of 3 crore doses.
The court, from the data submitted by the State government, found that there is only 7,76,675 doses of vaccine available in the State even though 65,83,687 people need the second dose as of May 5. Hence, only 7,76,675 persons can be given the second dose, the court observed while emphasising that priority is to be given to those requiring the second dose within the prescribed vacc