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Earlier in the case pertaining to the hoarding of medicines, the Delhi HC had dismissed the DCGI s reports, giving clean chits to BJP MP Gautam Gambhir and AAP MLA Praveen Kumar ....
The Drugs Controller General of India was submitting a new report to the court after it was reprimanded for giving a clean chit to Gambhir's foundation earlier. ....
BJP MP Gautam Gambhir. File | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA ‘We are sure he had good intentions. But the way he has gone about it, he has actually done a disservice, unintentionally may be’ The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the drug controller to give a status report on its inquiry on how politicians such as BJP MP Gautam Gambhir was able to buy COVID-19 drugs in bulk amid shortages. Mr. Gautam Gambhir must have done it to genuinely help the needy. Let us be clear about it. But the issue is, is that a responsible behavior? Should he not have realized that medicines are in shortage for others? a bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh remarked. ....
Delhi Police Logo | Photo Credit: Twitter@DelhiPolice ‘These people have no business in buying and hoarding the medicines in the name of getting some goodwill,’ says Bench. The Delhi High Court on Monday termed as “vague and whitewashed” an interim report submitted by the police exonerating politicians, including BJP MP Gautam Gambhir, alleged to have been hoarding COVID-19 medicines during the ongoing pandemic. The court took strong exception to the police’s report which said that the politicians were “actually helping people in getting medical aid”. “What is the point of this kind of vague and whitewashed report. Point is some political leader is openly advertising that he will provide the medicine free of cost then you have to find out where is he getting these medicines from. Does he hold a licence to distribute the medicine,” a Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli remarked. ....