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Plea in Delhi HC seeking to declare medicines, medical equipment used in COVID-19 treatment as essential commodities ANI | Updated: May 10, 2021 18:18 IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre and Delhi government to file a response to the plea seeking to declare medicines, medical equipment for COVID-19 treatment as essential commodities and setting up a fast-track special court for dealing exclusively with cases of their black marketing and hoarding.
A Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli asked the Centre and Delhi government to file a reply to a plea filed by Manisha Chauhan through advocates Sanjeev Sagar and Nazia Praveen.
COVID-19: Plea in HC to waive clinical trials of foreign vaccines
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A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh said it will hear the matter on May 13 as issues raised in the petition are already being considered by the Supreme Court which has also passed a detailed order regarding the same on April 30.
Ahluwalia also told the bench that the apex court was going to hear the matter again on May 10.
A PIL in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought a direction to the Centre to waive clinical trials of foreign vaccines so that they are available for use without any delay and to give priority in vaccination to those who have already taken the first dose. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh, however, said it will hear the matter on May 13 as issues raised in the petition are already being considered by the Supreme Court which has also passed a detailed order regarding the same on
COVID-19: Plea in Delhi HC to waive clinical trials of foreign vaccines
The court decided to adjourn the matter after the central government standing counsel Anurag Ahluwalia, appearing for the Union Health Ministry, said a similar issue was before the Supreme Court.
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NEW DELHI: A PIL in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought a direction to the Centre to waive clinical trials of foreign vaccines so that they are available for use without any delay and to give priority in vaccination to those who have already taken the first dose.
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh, however, said it will hear the matter on May 13 as issues raised in the petition are already being considered by the Supreme Court which has also passed a detailed order regarding the same on April 30.