{"id":212397,"date":"2021-09-20T19:43:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T14:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=212397"},"modified":"2021-09-20T19:49:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T14:19:43","slug":"gautam-gambhir-covid-19-delhi-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/constitutional-law-news\/courts-news\/gautam-gambhir-covid-19-delhi-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 second wave: Delhi HC stays trial against Gautam Gambhir, his foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Delhi High Court<\/a> on Monday stayed\u00a0the criminal trial pending before the\u00a0Rohini\u00a0District\u00a0& Sessions\u00a0Court, New Delhi,\u00a0in the complaint filed\u00a0against cricketer-politician Gautam Gambhir, his foundation and others\u00a0in the plea\u00a0regarding quashing of complaint in a case relating to illegal hoarding and distribution (without license) of drugs (2300 strips of Fabiflu and\u00a0120 Oxygen cylinders), required for treatment of Covid-19 during the second wave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A single-judge bench of Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar issued notice to the Delhi Government while seeking response from the Drug Control Department of the Delhi Government. Earlier, the Drug Control Department had filed a complaint against Gautam Gambhir Foundation, its CEO Aprajita Singh, Seema Gambhir, Gautam Gambhir and Natasha Gambhir for offences under section 18(C) (sale and distribution of drugs without licence) read with section 27(b)(ii) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The petition filed by the Gautam Gambhir Foundation & others says the foundation had organised a medical camp in the presence of a doctor from Garg Hospital and had done the same to help the poor, needy and the underprivileged during the second wave of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the petition, the\u00a0medical camp\u00a0organised by the petitioner organisation, offered medical check-ups, medications, food supplements and Oxygen, furthermore, the petitioner organisation had spent Rs 29,70,399 in providing the above-mentioned facilities\u00a0to the poor and needy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n