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CJI pushes to restart Sterlite plant to meet oxygen demand
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Updated: It should not be that every State produces, uses its own oxygen
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Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde on Friday voiced anguish at Tamil Nadu’s objection to re-opening Vedanta’s closed Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi in order to produce medical oxygen, asking the State to “say something concrete as people are dying due to lack of oxygen”.
The three-judge Bench led by the CJI was visibly exasperated when senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, informed the court how the Tamil Nadu Advocate General had made a statement in Madras HC on April 22 that “we are an oxygen surplus State”.
Why can t Tamil Nadu govt take over Vedanta s unit to produce oxygen, asks SC
Apex court was hearing Vedanta s plea seeking opening of its Sterlite copper unit at Tuticorin on the ground that it would produce thousand tonnes of oxygen and give it free of cost to treat patients.
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Activists stage a protest against Centre s decision to re-open Sterlite Copper Plant in Thoothukudi on Friday. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
NEW DELHI: People are dying due to lack of oxygen, the Supreme Court said on Friday while questioning the Tamil Nadu government as to why it cannot take over Vedanta s Sterlite copper unit at Tuticorin, closed since May 2018 over pollution concerns, for producing oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients.
NEW DELHI: People are dying due to lack of oxygen, the Supreme Court said on Friday while questioning the Tamil Nadu government as to why it cannot take over Vedanta s Sterlite copper unit at Tuticorin, closed since May 2018 over pollution concerns, for producing oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients.
“We are not interested that Vedanta or A, B or C runs it. We are interested that oxygen should be produced,” a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said.
“Somebody should say something concrete because people are dying due to lack of oxygen,” said the bench, also comprising Justices L N Rao and S R Bhat.
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‘People Dying Due To Lack Of Oxygen’, Why Can’t TN Govt Take Over Vedanta’s Unit To Produce It, Asks SC
The Supreme Court was hearing Vedanta’s plea seeking opening of its Sterlite copper unit at Tuticorin on the ground that it would produce thousand tonnes of oxygen and give it free of cost to treat patients. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-23T15:50:49+05:30 ‘People Dying Due To Lack Of Oxygen’, Why Can’t TN Govt Take Over Vedanta’s Unit To Produce It, Asks SC