Supreme Court asks Centre for 'National Policy' on Oxygen & Vaccination

New Delhi: Amid increasing cases of Coronavirus In India, the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of the current status of covid-19. After the hearing, the court sent a notice to the central government.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court today that the country is in dire need of oxygen. The Supreme Court took automatic cognizance of the issue of oxygen supply and essential medicines. CJI SA Bobde said that the court will hear the matter tomorrow.

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by CJI SA Bobde asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to present or inform it by creating a national plan on covid.

Supreme court wants 'National Plan':

The Supreme Court said that hearing six different High Courts on covid-19 related issues can create some kind of confusion. The Supreme Court seeks national policy on issues related to oxygen, supply of essential medicines and methods of vaccination.

The court has appointed senior advocate Harish Salve as amicus curiae in this case. The Supreme Court said it would also examine the judicial power of the High Courts to declare the lockdown amid the covid-19 global epidemic.

Over 3.14 lakh cases in a day:

On Thursday, the number of infected cases increased to 1,59,30,965, with the highest number of cases of covid-19 on Thursday being more than 3.14 lakh. This is the highest figure of corona virus infection in a single day in any country of the world.

According to the updated data of the Union Health Ministry at eight in the morning, 3,14,835 cases of infection occurred in the last 24 hours, while the number of people who lost their lives due to this epidemic has increased to 1,84,657 due to the death of 2104 more patients occurred.

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