SHC orders Godown Act’s enforcement

Staff Reporter
The Sindh High Court while hearing a petition about hoarding of sanitizers amid increasing number of novel coronavirus infections, ordered enforcement of the Sindh Registration of Godown Act 1995 at any cost. A single bench of the high court, comprised of Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, while hearing a petition on the matter summoned the officials of the Bureau of Supply and Prices. The counsel of the petitioner, Tariq Mansoor Advocate, pleaded to the court that sanitizers being hoarded and sold on exorbitant prices amid scare and panic about the novel coronavirus disease. “The item has disappeared from the market and being hoarded amid fear and panic in general public,” the counsel said. “If the government of Sindh has nominated a sessions judge over the matter,” the bench questioned. “The govt has yet to appoint a judge,” the counsel replied.