Contempt plea over regulating online path labs: HC seeks Centre, Delhi govt's reply
The contempt plea said that the respondents have completely failed to comply with the order of this court by not taking appropriate legal actions against online health aggregators despite its directions for the same.;
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sought responses from the Centre, Delhi government and others on a plea seeking contempt proceedings over the alleged non-compliance of an earlier order for action against illegal online health service aggregators in Delhi and to regulate online pathological labs.
A bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva on Friday issued notice to the Centre through the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Delhi government and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and slated the matter for further hearing on January 29, 2021.
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The court also asked petitioner Dr Rohit Jain, who moved the court through counsel Shashank Deo Sudhi, to file a corrected memo of parties giving correct serial numbers of the respondents.
The contempt plea said that the respondents have completely failed to comply with the order of this court by not taking appropriate legal actions against online health aggregators despite its directions for the same.
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