Advocate Virag Gupta says different MPs, procuring it and hoarding
Cites example of Gautam Gambhir.
No action taken yet.
Court says political leaders have no business to hoard stocks. If their intention is to do public good, then they should give it DGHS and he will distribute it to the needy
How did Gautam Gambhir get such large quantities from chemist during such shortage, asks Delhi High Court.
Various petitions filed by hospitals before Delhi High Court citing Oxygen shortage are being withdrawn by the hospitals since the supply has now stabilised.
Delhi govt counsel @TheRahulMehra and other lawyers thank Delhi High Court intervention in the Oxygen matter.
"Your Lordships intervention saved countless lives. My Lords sat even on Saturday and Sunday."
Landed price is ultimately determined by the exporter. It is in their hands. If Lordships are suggesting that we fix a price now, because there are diff concentrators, it is not possible....There are diff concentrators with different prices, sizes and names.... : Kirtiman Singh
Why can't you fix a formula..... : Bench
There is a confusion on MRP....Prices keeps changing...by exporter : Singh
This is not an answer...work around it. We can't throw our hands in the air and say it can't be fixed. How can you say MRP is not fixed : Justice Singh
People should be able to afford it, they cant be taken for a ride. Shortage cant be taken advantage of.... Should you ( govt) not think of the Consumer? : Justice Vipin
We are not asking you to fix a price on Rupees and paisa...fix a formula : Bench
Your lordships may give me time till tomorrow : Kirtiman
Kirtiman: Suppose I get one concentrator from America for Rs 100 and one from China for Rs 50. Then I need to fix 2 prices.....But i cannot fix two prices for the same drug...
Kirtiman informs Court of an advisory informing people on minimum standards of COVID concentrators to be used in Covid care centres....
What to buy, how to use, there should be info. You should come out with these ads. Why is that not happening in these times? Why should you not use audio-visual media? Bench
Aarogya setu app used widely now because of the Centre's wide campaigning : Kirtiman
1031 callers, we did test run today.... The people who handle calls need to be sensitized to that effect : Rao
RahuL Mehra : We are giving them in house training...it is work in progress.
Karuna Nundy: Status report will be submitted.
Nundy: The app, delhifightscorona, the linkages have not been made. The COVID kits, the govt had to consider.
Bench: We have only asked them to consider, let them consider...
According to medical experts, it is much better for patients, if saturations going down below 90, much better to go to hospitals than have oxygen cylinders or concentrators at home : Rahul Mehra
The numbers speak for themselves. If anyone is put on ventilators, it is less likely that they will return. I have been told something that is why I am calling for that data. The data on how many made it after placing them on ventilators is shocking. : Mehra
If this is true, you as a policymaker should decide on how many ventilators are required : Justice Vipin Sanghi
I think we can close the hearing for today. Unless there is anything urgent, we will hear the matter on Thursday : Bench
Abhay Gupta : You can make exclusions.... Prices have to be fixed, it can't be that hospitals charge whatever they want. Cites example of Kerala govt
If State of Kerala has fixed hospital charge cap, then that model may be looked into it. If it works in Kerala, then why can't it work here? Bench
You cant give a covid kit and keep charging for things.. : Justice Vipin Sanghi
Rahul Mehra: Hospitals are the only institution doing business. You should cross-subsidize. You (Hospitals) should give your services for free during this time
Matter to be taken up next on May 19.
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The court said that health infrastructure is absolutely insufficient in city areas to
meet the requirement of city population & the rural areas
the Community Health Centres are virtually lacking in
respect of life saving gadgets.
#MadrasHighCourt extends life of interim orders until June 30, 2021, in view of the present #COVID19 situation.
Interim orders subsisting on April 30 stand extended till June 30 unless vacated/modified/unless specifically dealt with by judicial order to the contrary.
Orders of eviction, dispossession, demolition that have not been executed till date shall remain in abeyance till June 30, 2021, unless the stay is expressly vacated or the order of stay expressly modified by any judicial order passed by an appropriate forum.
All orders passed by criminal courts - including bail, parole, anticipatory bail orders for a limited period & likely to expire on or before June 30, shall stand extended till June 30 (subject to any orders passed to deal with any abuse of order)
Senior Adv V Prakash makes submissions in matters pertaining to workmen of automobile manufacturing plants and exemption of industries during COVID lockdown.