"Can't Stop Prosecution": Supreme Court On Gautam Gambhir, Covid Drug Row

In late April, at the height of the second Covid wave, when key drugs like Fabiflu were in short supply, Gautam Gambhir offered it for free at his constituency in Delhi

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not stop the prosecution of BJP MP Gautam Gambhir - in connection with politicians hoarding medicines during the second wave of Covid cases - noting it "cannot allow a group (to) distribute medicines while people run helter-skelter..." The court, however, said Mr Gambhir, an ex-cricketer who entered politics ahead of the 2019 election, could approach the Delhi High Court for relief since that court had not yet passed it order. "We cannot stop it. You proceed your remedy before the High Court," a two-judge bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah said. "Cannot allow a trust, or group of people, to distribute medicines, while people run helter-skelter for drugs. An individual cannot distribute medicines... Then everybody will procure and distribute for their own purpose," the court added.