The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Gujarat Public Service Commission and others in a plea challenging the order of the Gujarat High Court whereby the High Court granted relaxation of marks for women in an examination held for the appointment of forest officers.
Following these submissions, Mehra while taking the court through the allocation plan suggested the court if Delhi can get oxygen from Dehradun and other nearby plants for 2-3 days.
In earlier hearing, the petitioner submitted that there is a complete chaos created because of the deadly situation arising out of the spread of coronavirus as COVID19 guidelines are not being followed in the region.
The observation came in a Petition filed by Nandita Haksar seeking directions on the State of Manipur for providing a safe passage to 7 Myanmar-based persons for enabling them to travel to Delhi to seek protection from UNHCR, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi.
Advocate S Prasanna filed the Public Interest Litigation on behalf of the NGO, also sought direction from the Delhi Government to ensure the resumption of hunger relief centers to provide free hot cooked meals to all those in need.
The court underscored that Article 17 was written into the Indian Constitution with the hope that the practice of untouchability in general and manual scavenging, in particular, would not continue in a free and independent India.
The Bench, headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde, cleared that there is no problem if the Tamil Nadu government takes over the plant, but it would be required to produce the oxygen that it can during these trying times when the whole country is gasping for oxygen.
The Court said that the reasons assigned by the respondent, which in its opinion do not encourage a door-to-door vaccination of the elderly and disabled citizens.