Supreme Court of India

In Re: Distribution of Essential Supplies and Services During Pandemic v..

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Reported as [2021] 5 S.C.R. 268
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 31 May 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above concerns, we direct the UoI to provide the following clarifications: • The manner in which Central Government will monitor the disbursal of vaccines to private hospitals, specifically those who have hospital chains pan India.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

COVID-19 pandemic: Suo Motu writ petition – Cognizance of the Management of the Covid -19 pandemic during the second wave –Gradual recessi on of the second wave – In view thereof, issues as reg ards Central Government’s Liberalised Vaccination Policy, vaccine dis tribution, vaccine procurement process, and the augmentation o f vaccine availability, taken up – With respect to the vaccin e distribution between different age-groups, the policy of the Central Gove rnment conducting free vaccinations for persons above age of 45 years and frontline/healthcare workers, and paid vaccinations by the S

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