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HC asks drug controller to inquire into Gambhir, other politicians buying COVID medicines in bulk
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Last Updated: May 24, 2021, 03:33 PM IST
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A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said the Drug Controller shall examine how it is possible for someone to procure over 2,000 strips of a medicine, Fabiflu here, which is already in shortage and how the chemist was able to entertain such a prescription.
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The Delhi High court Monday directed the drug controller to inquire into the issue of politicians buying COVID-19 drugs in bulk amid shortages and observed that while BJP MP Gautam Gambhir must have been distributing the medicines to the best of his intention, the gesture unintentionally did a disservice. The high court also directed the Drug Controller of Delhi government to conduct a similar inquiry into the allegations of procuring and hoarding medical oxygen made against AAP MLAs Priti Tomar and Praveen Kumar and file a status report.
High Court asks oxygen refillers to keep providing data of supplies to Delhi government
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Last Updated: May 24, 2021, 05:02 PM IST
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The 15 refillers, who were present in the hearing in pursuance to the court s notices issued to them on May 2, claimed that they have been regularly providing the requisite information and uploading it on the Delhi government s portal.
The Delhi High Court Monday directed the refillers, providing oxygen cylinders to hospitals treating COVID-19, to regularly update the data, including the quantity of gas supplied to them by suppliers, on the Delhi government s portal without fail. This has to continue. It is not that when we issue notice then only the data has to be filled up by the refillers. We don t want to make it unpleasant. You are part of the infrastructure system which is serving the society, a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said and discharged the notice issued to the refillers.
HC Asks Drug Controller To Inquire Into Gautam Gambhir Buying COVID Medicines in Bulk
The court also directed the drug controller to conduct a similar inquiry into the allegations of procuring and hoarding medical oxygen made against AAP MLAs Priti Tomar and Praveen Kumar and file a status report.
The Delhi high court. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: The Delhi high court Monday directed the drug controller to inquire into the issue of politicians buying COVID-19 drugs in bulk amid shortages and observed that while BJP MP Gautam Gambhir must have been distributing the medicines to the best of his intention, the gesture unintentionally did a disservice.