New Delhi:The Apex court on Thursday took suo moto cognizance on supply of oxygen, essential drugs, method of vaccination and judicial power to declare lockdown in the country. The court also issued notice to the centre and has sought a national plan.
The bench led by the Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde, and comprising of Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice S Ravindra Bhat initiated the suo moto while hearing an application by Vedanta seeking to restart its oxygen plant and give it free of cost.
Emphasising on the need for oxygen, SG Tushar Mehta appearing for the centre and pleaded before the court that the centre is augmenting oxygen from whichever source and Vedanta be allowed to operate and manufacture oxygen only for health purposes.