The Tamil Nadu government Monday informed the Madras High Court that it did not have the power to block websites selling medicines in the absence of any act or regulation prohibiting such sales.
Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana was hearing a batch of petitions in favour of and against online sale of medicines.
Additional Advocate General S R Rajagopalan, in a counter affidavit, said the state "does not have powers to pull out websites providing online sale of medicines in the absence of any act or regulation prohibiting such sale."
However, declining to issue any clarification, the judge referred to the interim order and said, "the order is very clear that only unlicensed traders are prohibited."