Madras High Court stays ban on online sales of drugs and cosmetics

Around 1.5 million customers purchase medicines online and a ban would impact their lives

The Madras High Court today stayed the single judge order banning the online sales of drugs and cosmetics until it announces a decision in the matter.
 
The High Court's division bench, comprising Justice M Satyanarayanan and Justice P Rajamanickam, passed the order today.
 
The same bench last month provided temporary relief by suspending the single judge order and today passed its final order in the same matter.
 
A Ramesh Kumar, senior counsel who appears for Netmeds, one of the companies which had appealed for the stay, confirmed the order and said that while the ban has been stayed by the