₹150 but ₹300 or ₹400 to states. Why should we as a nation pay this, the price difference becomes 30 to 40,000 crores?" Justice Ravindra Bhat was quoted as saying. "Centre should show investment by it to ramp up the manufacture of vaccines.
This will be the most important intervention by the central government when private manufacturers have been funded to produce vaccines," said Justice Chandrachud.
The Supreme Court also asked what has been done to provide treatment to healthcare professionals who are contacting coronavirus infection.
Taking up the issue of FIRs being filed against people for putting out their grievances on social media, the court said that any such clamp down on information will be treated as contempt of our court."Let.