High Court seeks report on ‘misreporting’ Covid results

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 3

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today called for status report in a case alleging misreporting of the Covid results. The direction by Justice Hari Pal Verma came nearly eight months after the High Court ordered continuation of investigation against SRL Limited, while ordering that the challan or the final investigation report may not be filed in the matter.

As the case came up for resumed hearing, Justice Verma observed that there was request for an adjournment on the state’s behalf. “Let status of the investigation be produced on or before the next date of hearing,” Justice Verma asserting, while directing the continuation of the interim order.

SRL Limited had moved the High Court against the state of Haryana for quashing FIR registered at Gurugram’s Sector 17-18 police station on July 9 last year, under the provisions of the Disaster Management Act and for cheating, forgery and other offences under Sections 188, 336,420,467,468 and 471 of the IPC.

Senior advocate RS Rai told the Bench that the company conducted the tests with ICMR-approved kits in accordance with the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare guidelines.