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Delhi, Madras High Courts differ on online medicine sales by e-pharmacies

Delhi HC extended the ban, while Madras HC lifted the ban on Thursday

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Aashish AryanGireesh Babu New Delhi/Chennai
Online pharmacies may be headed for confusing days owing to differing views taken by the Delhi and Madras high courts over sales. On Thursday, a division Bench of the Delhi HC extended the ban on sale of medicines by e-pharmacies till January 8. On the same day, a division Bench of the Madras HC overturned a single-judge order allowing online sale of medicines.

A two-judge Bench, comprising Justice M Satyanarayanan and Justice P Rajamanickam, of the Madras HC suspended an order passed by Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana of the same court banning online sale of medicines. The order by Justice Sathyanarayana