Highlights

» During the hearing, the court bashed the Centre for not waking up sooner and pulled it up for not immediately diverting industrial oxygen for medical use in Delhi

» The court said: “Heavens won’t fall apart. There is commercial interest and then there is human life”

» Significantly, both Gurugram and Noida have also now started to face oxygen shortages

» Delhi on Wednesday reported over 24,000 new infections and 249 more deaths from the virus as active cases in the city hit 85,364