In Brief
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Union Government challenged a Karnataka High Court order directing it to increase the daily oxygen supply cap to the State to 1200 MT within four days. The Supreme Court refused to entertain the Special Leave Petition, holding that the High Court's interim direction was adequately reasoned, calibrated to meet minimum essential needs, and did not preclude mutual negotiations between the two governments. The Court declined to examine broader pan-India allocation issues at that interim stage, keeping them open for future consideration.
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