Ensure 700 MT oxygen for Delhi daily, SC tells Centre

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.

Warns of firm action

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 orders against the govt. SC Bench

“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 till 9 am on Friday while another 16 MT was in transit.

The Bench had on May 5 stayed a Delhi High Court order issuing notice for contempt of court to two officers of the Central Government for their failure to supply 700 MT oxygen to the national capital.