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May 05, 2021 People wait at an oxygen refilling centre in New Delhi   -  KAMAL NARANG People wait in a line at an oxygen refilling centre in New Delhi, on Wednesday   -  AFP 1/2 2/2 × The Bench stays a Delhi High Court order initiating contempt action against the Centre’s officers The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Centre to burn the midnight oil and prepare a “comprehensive plan” for the supply of 700 tonnes of life-saving oxygen to Delhi daily. The plan, which has to be handed over to the court in the form of a tabulated chart on Thursday, should identify the sources of s...

Daily Times May 4, 2021 Major polyester filament yarn (PFY) importers on Monday challenged the verdict of customs appellate bench of the Sindh High Court, that had allowed the Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi to assess the traders’ consignments as per the existing formula under Ruling 1387 of 2019. The customs authorities had determined customs values of the PFY through Valuation Ruling 1387 of 2019 under Section 25-A of the Customs Act 1969 on September 03, 2019, saying customs values of the PFY were earlier determined vide Valuation Ruling 1362 of 2019 on April 25, 2019. T...

Introduce national policy on admissions to hospitals in two weeks The Supreme Court, in an order released late on Sunday, directed the Centre to ensure that the deficit of oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients in the national capital should be rectified on or before the midnight of May 3. A Special Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud ordered the Centre to act “in collaboration” with States to “prepare a buffer stock of oxygen for emergency purposes and decentralise the location of the emergency stocks”. “The emergency stocks shall be created within the next four days and is to be repl...

Asks govt why it is not compulsory licensing vaccines, calling them public property Vaccine manufacturing is publicly funded and vaccines are public property, the Supreme Court said today and asked the Centre why it has not considered invoking Section 92 of the Patents Act for their compulsory licensing. A Special Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat asked the Centre why it has not procured 100 per cent of the vaccines and distributed them equitably, but is leaving it to the manufacturers. The court said the Centre cannot possibly enforce equity in vaccine d...

The major news headlines of the day, and more. A Special Bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud, L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat said any move by any State to punish citizens who take to the social media to seek help for oxygen cylinders, COVID-19 drugs, beds, hospitalisation, etc, amid a rampaging second wave would attract contempt of court action. Several States including Delhi, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have deferred the third phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive, which is scheduled to be rolled out for all adults from May 1. Punjab, Gujarat, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh too have flagge...