By PTI
KOCHI: The Kerala authorities on Wednesday claimed within the excessive court docket right here that the Centre’s vaccination coverage was ‘encouraging’ black advertising.
In its submission earlier than the bench of Justices A Muhamed Mustaque and Kauser Edappagath, listening to a case regarding COVID vaccine scarcity within the state, the federal government lawyer questioned the choice to repair completely different charges for procuring vaccines for each the central and state governments.
He stated the charges have to be fastened primarily based on the price of manufacturing. Accusing the personal vaccine makers of charging exorbitant costs for vaccines, the state authorities stated the businesses can’t be allowed to play in between the pandemic.
It sought to know the way personal events will be allowed to take pleasure in black advertising. “The central government is encouraging blackmarketing why are different rates being fixed?” the federal government requested.
The state additionally knowledgeable the court docket that it can not buy vaccines from firms on the identical worth pictures are being bought by the personal hospitals. The monopoly of vaccination shouldn’t be given to the personal hospitals, it stated. Recording the submissions, the court docket adjourned the matter for subsequent Tuesday.
