Newsinc24 Team 
The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Centre over Oxygen supply to Delhi and Karnataka. The Delhi government complained it didn't receive 700 MT of oxygen even after the court's orders. The top court cautioned the Centre and asserted that it has to give 700 MT of oxygen to Delhi every day till this order is reviewed or modified. "Don't force us to take coercive steps. Tell your officers to comply with our order of 700 MT of oxygen every day," the Supreme Court told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. "If nothing is to be hidden, let it come before the nation how allocation and distribution is done transparently by the centre," the Supreme Court said. "The centre continues to be in contempt for not supplying 700 tonnes of oxygen to Delhi," it said.
The Apex Court rejected the Centre's petition against a High Court order asking it to send 1,200 MT of oxygen to Karnataka. "We don't want to leave the citizens of Karnataka in the lurch. When we saw your plea, we were asking why the SLP (Special Leave Petition) has come. We are looking at the larger legal issue but we can't say the HC is wrong," said a bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud.
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