New Delhi, April 30: A bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud, LN Rao and SR Bhat asked the Centre Govt to not let the private manufacturers dictate the pricing and distribution of vaccines and take the responsibility to do so itself.
Court asked why should the vaccine manufacturers get to decide which states get how many vaccine doses.
Calling the pricing issue is extraordinarily serious, the judge went on to ask why there is a difference in price of vaccines for the states and the central government as the same manufacturer is saying Rs 150 to you and 300-400 to the states.
The Court further questioned that at a bulk level, the price difference will be of Rs 30,000 to 40,000 crores & why must the nation pay this. Why can’t the central government get it in bulk and then have the states it picked up?.
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