(LiveMint)
The bench of justices Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah also stayed the contempt proceedings initiated by the Delhi high court against the Centre on Tuesday over the shortage in oxygen supplyDescribing the situation in the national capital as “really critical”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the central government to ensure that Delhi receives 700 tonnes of medical oxygen supplies every day and asked for a detailed plan on how it intends to do so.
The bench of justices Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah also stayed the contempt proceedings initiated by the Delhi high court against the Centre on Tuesday over the shortage in oxygen supply. But the apex court clarified that it is conditioned on the Union government’s admission that the court order of 2 May required the Centre to supply 700 metric tonnes of oxygen to Delhi until further orders.
