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Home / News / India News / Can Centre take responsibility to vaccinate entire country, asks SC
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Can Centre take responsibility to vaccinate entire country, asks SC

Can Centre take responsibility to vaccinate entire country, asks SC
Written by Siddhant Pandey
May 31, 2021, 04:36 pm 3 min read
Can Centre take responsibility to vaccinate entire country, asks SC
Supreme Court questioned the Centre over its COVID-19 vaccination policy.

The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the central government over its controversial COVID-19 vaccination policy. The apex court questioned the Centre over the digital divide and asked for the rationale behind prioritizing online registrations for vaccinations. It also asked the Centre why states and local civic bodies were being made to procure foreign vaccines, and why the government cannot act as a nodal agency.

Case
Several states have sought to scrap vaccination policy

A three-judge bench of the SC—comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao, and S Ravindra Bhat—was hearing a suo motu case on COVID-19 issues. The Centre was represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. The court is also hearing arguments from amici curiae, Jaideep Gupta and Meenakshi Arora. Several state governments have notably filed applications seeking directions to scrap the vaccination policy.

Court proceedings
Can't just say you know what's right: SC tells Centre

The court asked if it was the Centre's policy to let states compete for procuring vaccines from private manufacturers. When the Centre argued that these are policy issues and the court has limited judicial review power, the bench replied, "You can't just say that you're the Centre and you know what's right. We have a strong arm to come down on this," LiveLaw reported.

Quote
'Every state left to get their own vaccines'

The SC said, "We have a spectacle, where different municipal corporations, different states are issuing global tenders. We want to know, is this the policy of the Government of India that every Municipal corporation, every state is left to their own to get vaccines." "Look at the capacity of BMC (Mumbai municipal corporation), it might have a budget comparable with some of our states."

Information
'Are you going to be a nodal agency for bids?'

The court asked, "Does the Government of India contemplate that for the procurement for foreign vaccines, that there will be individual states or corporations submitting bids, or are you going to be a nodal agency for the bids?"

Pricing
Court also questioned subject of differential pricing

The Centre also urged the government to explain the rationale behind differential pricing for state governments and the Centre. "Why do the states have to pay a higher price? You have to ensure that vaccines are available at the same price across the nation. You can't have a different price at the Centre and different at the states," the court said.

Age
Explain rationale for offering free vaccines for 45+ demographic: SC

The bench asked the rationale behind not prioritizing vaccinations in the age group 18-44 years, compared to 45+. It argued that in the second wave of COVID-19, the younger population was also affected. It said, "What is the basis for Centre to say that for 45+, we will provide vaccines free of charge, and for rest, it will be procured at a charge."

Registrations
Court questioned mandatory online vaccine registrations

Further, the bench questioned making online vaccine registrations via Co-WIN mandatory. "You keep saying digital India, digital India, but you are not aware of the ground realities." "Even in the villages, they have to get registered at a common center. Is that really practical?" it asked, "How do you answer the question about migrant laborers who have to go from one state to another?"

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Siddhant Pandey covers national and health news at NewsBytes. He has over five years of experience working as a multimedia journalist covering hard news in New Delhi. He was previously employed with The Indian Express and News World India and has juggled roles as a correspondent, copy editor, and video producer. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida.
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