Politics Can Be Done During Elections, Talk To Centre: SC To Delhi Govt
Mumbai: Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the Supreme Court on Friday told the Delhi government that it was not time to do politics and it must act in a spirit of cooperation with the Centre amid the Covid-19 crisis.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat is filing a suit in relation to the ongoing pandemic situation in the country. In an ongoing hearing from 12 noon on Friday, the bench noted the overall epidemic situation, including oxygen shortages, construction pressures on the health system, social media clampdown ‘efforts’ and differences in vaccine prices.
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Justice Chandrachud told Rahul Mehra, an advocate of the National Capital Territory of Delhi Government, “We want you to send a message to the supreme officer that there should be a sense of cooperation with the Center in this humanitarian crisis.”
“We don’t want political bickering at the time of crisis. Politics is for the time of elections. There has to a sense of cooperation. A spirit of dialogue. Saving lives is the priority,” Justice Chandrachud said.
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The rap was not just for Delhi, which suffers from a serious oxygen crisis, as the Apex Court also told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the Centre has a ‘peculiar role’ to push through after Mehta said Delhi has not been able to lift oxygen because of a lack of tankers.
“According to you, Delhi hasn’t been able to lift but we can’t tell people that your parents or children or spouse can’t be helped now. You tell us the solution,” the top court said asking to allot an additional 200 metric tonne of oxygen to the Capital.
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“Delhi represents people from the entire country. The Centre has a peculiar role. Forget that somebody wasn’t able to lift the oxygen but you have to push through because you have to protect lives. You have a special responsibility,” the Supreme Court said.
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