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The hearing on Wednesday had repeatedly been disrupted by unknown persons, who passed comments and sang songs from the actor's movies.

A division bench said the amount’s release will also remain subject to the undertaking given by Panacea Biotec that 20 per cent of the sale proceeds of Sputnik-V vaccine will be deposited by it with the High Court Registry.

The DOE in its appeal against the May 31 judgment said every household has faced some kind of medical emergency during the pandemic and a common man is diverting the "hard earned money" towards the medical treatment.

Refusing to pass any interim injunction against Yoga guru Ramdev, Justice C Hari Shankar said the allopathic profession is not so fragile that the doctor’s body will rush to the court.

The department told the court it is established that his foundation does not hold any drug licence as required by the law for purchase, stocking, or distribution of the drugs.

WhatsApp reacted by saying said that "privacy of users remains our highest priority" and that it has already responded to the Centre.

The court also said that the hand-holding of the vaccine manufacturers is missing which could be happening because of fear of vigilance or police investigations.

However, Google has clarified that certain rules under the new IT Rules would be applicable to it as an intermediary.

The division bench of Chief Justice D.N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued a notice to the Centre, Delhi Police, Internet Service Providers Association of India in the appeal filed by Google and listed the case for hearing on July 25.

Taking a strong note of the interruptions, Justice Midha ordered his staff to identify the persons so that contempt action can be taken. The court also ordered removal of the persons from the meeting.

The petition filed by Justice for All argues that the parents have the apprehension that the policy devised by the CBSE is based “on unbiased and realistic academic record” which would be misused by the school management against the wards of the parents.

The court also directed the Union government to come out with a policy for the distribution of Liposomal Amphotericin-B among mucormycosis patients.

The Centre had sought that the petition be dismissed with “exemplary costs” on the ground “that it is an abuse of the process of law”. The petitioners were translator Anya Malhotra and historian and documentary filmmaker Sohail Hashmi.

Through the course of the past year, schools have been complaining that the limitation imposed on fee collection left them without enough resources to bear all the expenses of running their schools, even while physically closed. 

The court took note of Delhi government’s decision to distribute the drug on a pro rata basis among hospitals and leaving the decision to doctors.

The High Court also asked the Drug Controller to file a revised status report before it by Thursday.

The amount payable by concerned students will be paid in six monthly installments w.e.f 10 June 2021 said Justice Jayant Nath in the order.

The submission was made by Professor Sanjay Dhir of IIT-D before the division bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh while presenting a blueprint on management of medical oxygen in Delhi.

The court Friday asked the Centre to update it on Monday about the current status of imports of the antifungal drug being used to treat black fungus.

The petitioner has argued that Twitter has appointed a US resident as the Grievance Officer but the same “is not in true sense implementation of the Rule 4 of Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Ethics Code) Rules 2021”.

The petition seeks securing the records of the hospital relating to demand and supply of medical oxygen, CCTV footage, and award of compensation to the families.

WhatsApp said the provision requiring intermediaries to enable identification of the first originator of information on their platforms could also put journalists and activists at risk of retaliation in India and infringe upon rights to free speech and expression.

As mucormycosis spikes, there is an acute shortage of Amphotericin B, the main drug used in its treatment. How much does India need, and how much does it produce? What are the bottlenecks in supply?

Days after patients were compelled to approach the high court for oxygenated beds due to the shortage in hospitals, those seeking the medicine for black fungus are now knocking the court’s door for its supply.