https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=406942 In a COVID-19 public health emergency, the Court emphasised that scarce medical oxygen must be treated as an immediate life-saving necessity and allocated through daily review to match actual medical demand; diversion from industrial use to medical use was to be implemented without delay. It also required urgent administrative action on hospital beds, PSA oxygen plants, testing approvals, customs clearance for medical imports, and controls against hoarding and overpricing of essential medicines. On drugs and vaccines, it recognised voluntary licensing and increased production as preferred measures, but indicated that compulsory licensing, special compulsory licensing, or governmental use under the Patents Act could be pursued if voluntary steps proved inadequate. en-us Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:55:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=406942 In a COVID-19 public health emergency, the Court emphasised that scarce medical oxygen must be treated as an immediate life-saving necessity and allocated through daily review to match actual medical demand; diversion from industrial use to medical use was to be implemented without delay. It also required urgent administrative action on hospital beds, PSA oxygen plants, testing approvals, customs clearance for medical imports, and controls against hoarding and overpricing of essential medicines. On drugs and vaccines, it recognised voluntary licensing and increased production as preferred measures, but indicated that compulsory licensing, special compulsory licensing, or governmental use under the Patents Act could be pursued if voluntary steps proved inadequate. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=406942