Bombay HC comes down hard on Centre over faulty ventilators
The Hindu
Court seeks affidavit with remedial steps taken to rectify issue
The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court on Friday expressed displeasure over the Centre’s stand in defending the procurement of ventilators that were dysfunctional. The Assistant Solicitor General of India, Ajay Talhar, submitted an affidavit filed by G.K. Pillai, Under Secretary of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, before the Division Bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and B.U. Debadwar. The Centre was asked to file an affidavit after it was brought to the notice of the court that 113 of the 150 ventilators provided to Maharashtra under the PM Cares Fund were faulty.
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