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CJI SA Bobde hears an application by Vedanta seeking to carry some repair work and re start oxygen plant for copper unit and that unit can manufacture thousand tonnes of oxygen and give it free of cost

SG Tushar Mehta: the country is in dire need of oxygen

#SupremeCourt #oxygen

SG: The centre is augmenting oxygen from whichever source. Vedanta wants to make its plant operational, but let Vedanta only make it operational to manufacture oxygen for health purposes

Salve: People are dying on daily basis. we can start in 5 to 6 days if you give a go ahead today

CS Vaidyanathan: There is trust deficit in the state of Tamil Nadu. Pleas hear this case next week

CJI: We as a court wish to take suo motu cognizance of certain issues. we find that there are 6 high courts delhi bombay skillim MP Calcutta and Allahabad. they are exercising jurisdiction in best interest. but it is creating confusion and diversion of resources

CJI: one high court thinks there is a priority for one group and some for another. we have 4 issues in mind: supply of oxygen, supply of essential drugs, method and manner of vaccination and

CJI: we want to keep the power to declare lockdown with states and should not be judicial decision. we issue notice on these issues. Senior Adv Harish Salve will act as the amicus curiae. we want to see a national plan on this issue. It will be served on Centre and Mr Salve

CJI: The Suo Motu matter will be kept for tomorrow

SG: Do we respond to High Courts now respond here.

CJI: We will draft the notice and issue notice to centre. then we will issue notice to high courts. eventually we will bring some issues here

SG: Delhi and some other courts have taken suo motu cognizance. But there is a person Mr Malhotra who made application regarding the suo motu case

Justice Ravindra Bhat: you can present the national plan. It is not to supersede any order as of now. you can submit that plan to High Courts

CJI: We are taking suo motu cognizance and issuing notice to you. Only Mr Salve and you will be there

SG Tushar Mehta: In the meanwhile we will inform the high courts that you have taken suo motu cognizance.

#SupremeCourt #SuoMotu