Teams monitoring sale of masks, sanitisers: Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana to HC

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, July 24

The Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC) was today told that the States of Punjab and Haryana, along with UT Chandigarh, had constituted teams, which were continuously monitoring the sale of masks and sanitisers. They were also ensuring compliance of the MHA guidelines.

The submission to this effect by the two states and the UT came during the hearing of a suo motu case on the quality and pricing of masks and sanitisers. Appearing before the Bench of Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha and Justice Arun Palli, UT senior standing counsel Pankaj Jain, Haryana Additional Advocate-General Deepak Balyan and Punjab senior Deputy Advocate-General Monica Chibbar Sharma submitted that they were strictly complying with the MHA guidelines relating to the standard prescribed for masks and sanitisers and the price of the same etc.

They further submitted that raids were conducted and action taken against those overpricing masks and sanitisers or selling substandard products, following the orders of a Single Bench. “All the counsel submit that they shall continue to ensure that the requisite quality of masks sold by chemists are not over-priced. In view of the statement of all the counsel appearing for the respondents, nothing further is required to be done in the present matter, which is accordingly disposed of,” the Bench concluded.