The Centre's failure to implement the Delhi High Court order on immediate supply of full quota of oxygen to Delhi evoked the judges' wrath today. The High Court asked the government to explain why a contempt case should not be initiated against it.
"You can bury your head in sand like ostrich, we won't... Are you living in an ivory tower?" the judges said, pointing out that the Supreme Court, in its April 30 order, had directed the Centre to provide 700 metric tonne of oxygen to Delhi and not just 490 metric tonne.
