A Bench gave the Centre six weeks’ time to inform the court of its final stand on the issue
The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre and the Delhi government to act against people selling pharmaceutical drugs online without a valid licence.
The court’s direction came while hearing a batch of pleas seeking a ban on such sale and challenging the draft rules published by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to further amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945.
One such petition by Zaheer Ahmed sought contempt action against e-pharmacies that continue to sell drugs online despite the High Court’s order on December 12, 2018, which banned these entities across the country from such activity without a licence.
The petitioner contended that illegal sale of medicines online will lead to a “drug epidemic, drug abuse, and misutilisation of habit forming and addictive drugs”.
Counsel for the Central government informed a Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula that consultations are going on about a draft notification on the online sale of drugs.
In its order on August 28, the Bench gave the Centre six weeks’ time to take appropriate steps and inform the court of its final stand on the issue.
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