Senior advocate Rahul Mehra claimed that only Delhi had not received what it had asked for, while others got more than or close to what they had asked for.
The bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana, heard the petition filed by the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ), according to which Mr Kappan had collapsed in a bathroom at Mathura Jail.
The move of including the Central Vista project into "essential services" by the Centre received flak from the opposition parties as the capital city is under lockdown and mostly all construction work has been stopped but this.
Madras High Court on Monday accused the poll body for remaining silent when the Covid protocols were being broken by several political parties during the political campaigns and sought a plan from the EC by Friday to enforce Covid rules on May 2.
