Delhi oxygen crisis: The Supreme Court has advised the Centre to take inspiration from the “Mumbai Model” to try and ensure fast oxygen supply to Delhi.
The Centre and the state government are doing their best to tackle this oxygen crisis and there is no point to put behind bars official for contempt, The Supreme Court said today while hearing the central government’s plea against a Supreme court order in which Supreme Court advised the Centre to take inspiration from the “Mumbai Model” on fast oxygen supply to Delhi.
- The hearing began today in the afternoon after the Centre calls out Supreme Court against the lower court’s threat to order contempt charges against officials for non-compliance of an earlier order
- Chief Justice NV Ramana had send the matter before a bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah.
“Between the Centre and the state putting officials in jail or hauling them up for contempt, the people of Delhi won’t get oxygen” Supreme Court said “Contempt does not help”
“We had passed order for 700 metric tonnes…we can review it later…we are answerable to the citizen of Delhi which is the best way to ensure 700 tonnes to Delhi?” the Court asked.
- On the reply The Central government claimed that Delhi can manage with 500 tonnes of the oxygen, the Court totally disagreed to the point of the Centre saying its orders were 700 tonnes and 550 tonnes will not solve the crisis going in the state.
“We will decide a short order. We give you time till 5pm….tell us which are the sources of supply and how Delhi gets 700 metric tonnes. We do not want contempt proceeding. We want action on the ground” the Court said.
The centre told the court that both the state and the union government were “doing their best”.
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