Dharmendra Kumar Aggarwal vs Govt Of NCT Of Delhi

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2021 Supreme(Del) 2155

PRATHIBA M. SINGH
Dharmendra Kumar Aggarwal – Appellant
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Govt Of NCT Of Delhi – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Kunal Tandon, Advocate, Niti Jain, Advocate, Kanika Jain, Advocate, Anuj Aggarwal, Advocate, Ayushi Bansal, Advocate, Anurag Ahluwalia, Advocate, Abhigyan Siddhant, Advocate, Nitnem Singh Ghuman, Advocate, Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Advocate, Ruby Singh Ahuja, Advocate, Vishal Gehrana, Advocate, Shravan Sahny, Advocate, Toshi, Advocate, Archana Sahadeva, Advocate

JUDGMENT

Prathiba M. Singh, J. - This hearing has been done through video conferencing.

2. The present petition is concerned with the supply and availability of the drug Tocilizumab 400 MG for COVID-19 patients who are prescribed the same.

3. This petition was filed by the brother of Shri Sudhir Kumar Agarwal, who is a COVID-19 patient (hereinafter, "patient"), and is currently admitted in Malik Radix Health Care Hospital, Nirman Vihar, New Delhi. The patient was prescribed a dose of Tocilizumab 400 MG, however after multiple efforts, he was not able to procure the same. Hence the present writ petition was filed by the Petitioner. On 5 th May 2021, the Court had recorded the submission of ld. counsels appearing for the UOI and GNCTD that they would use their good offices to make the same available to the Petitioner. The matter was then adjourned to 6th May 2021.

4. As recorded in the last order dated 6th May 2021, Mr. Kunal Tandon, submits that the said dose of Tocilizumab 400 MG has been made available for the Petitioner's brother and was administered to the patient. Mr. Tandon fu