India, May 14 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the framing of guidelines to implement its order binding private hospitals in Delhi that received land at concessional rates to provide free treatment to the poor.

Noting that the majority of the 51 hospitals show-caused by the Delhi government for flouting this obligation, a bench of justices PK Mishra and NV Anjaria said, "Instead of the court forcing you, we will ask you to prepare an action plan on your part. If you fail on that, nobody can save you."

The court had issued contempt notices in February and April to the 51 hospitals for disregarding its 2018 judgment, which directed the hospitals that obtained land at subsidised rates to comply with the accompanying condition to ...