Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 7
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to supply 700 MT medical oxygen per day to Delhi for allocation to hospitals treating COVID-19 patients till further orders.
“We want 700 MT to be supplied to Delhi and we mean business. it has to be supplied… Please don’t drive us to a situation where we have to pass coercive action against the government,” a Bench of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice MR Shah told the Centre.
On behalf of the Delhi government, senior counsel Rahul Mehra mentioned the oxygen supply issue before the Bench and said the national capital had received 86 MT oxygen on Friday till 9 am and 16 MT of oxygen was in transit.
Apex Court upholds HC order on daily supply of 1200 MT of oxygen to Karnataka
May 07, 2021
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SC is already considering the setting up of an allocation committee for supply of oxygen to States equitably The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Karnataka High Court order of May 5 directing the Centre to supply 1200 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 apex court pointed out that even Karnataka government had projected the need for 1800 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 1100 MT.
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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.
The plan has to be placed before the bench tomorrow morning at 10.30 AM.
A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah was hearing the petition filed by the Central Government against the Delhi High Court order.
It may be noted that the Delhi High Court on Tuesday pulled up the Centre for its failure to meet the assurance with regard to the supply of 700MT per day liquid medical oxygen to the Delhi Government in line with the directions passed by the Supreme Court.
A division bench comprising Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli had directed the presence of Central Government officers Sumita Dawra and Piyush Goyal, who are handling oxygen allocation to states, on May 5, to explain the failure to comply with the High Court and Supreme Court’s order to supply the required oxygen to the Delhi Government to treat critical COVID patients.
The Supreme Court on Friday continued its hearing on the Covid situation and asked the Delhi government to cooperate with the Centre."Politics is for the time of elections, but now the citizens lives are at stake," a Supreme Court .