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This might sound like a dark humor but yesterday the issue of Oxygen shortage came up in Supreme Court of India. (For the uninitiated Indian Supreme Court acts a bit like village elder where they can give any random order to government for any reason even if there is no actual lawsuits under consideration.)

Supreme court asked Government what their plan to increase Oxygen supply is and if they are planning to import it. The government's response is that they have floated a "tender" and have received 3-4 quotes. (Note that, many hospitals in India right now have < 24 hours of Oxygen supply).

Supreme court then asked government to force steel and petrolium factories to divert their oxygen to hospitals because steel and petrolium is not important. :)



When hospitals run out of oxygen you end up with ICUs full of corpses:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/world/middleeast/egypt-ho...

Seems like a rational thing to want to avoid, even if you have to screw steel mills for a little while.


In India Supreme Court can do the governing?!


Yes. Judicial overreach is as common as bribery in India.




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