The SC's order will be that hubris ridden decision - which will strike at the heart of a healthy future of India. Forcing private sector to offer a 4,500 Rs. per person service for free will mean they will simply stop service.

It will exlude 100 to 200 million people who can afford a private test from getting it. This is not the proverbial last straw on the camel's back - it is the elephant thrown on the camel's back.

In the alternate, private sector will seek money from the govt. and may get it. To the extent it gets money, a part of it may go in bogus tests which hurts the cause even more. Govt is unlikely to blindly give the money based on self-certification.

This is simply the worst decision in the history of the Supreme Court of India. Period.

There is no such thing as a free test. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/04/theres-no-such-things-as-a-free-l%cc%b6u%cc%b6n%cc%b6c%cc%b6h-test.html