Delhi High Court seeks response from AAP legislator Imran Hussain in plea alleging hoarding of oxygen cylinders

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to Aam Aadmi Party legislator Imran Hussain in a plea alleging hoarding of oxygen cylinders at his office. (Vedansh Sharma vs GNCTD).A Division of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli also sought the presence of Hussain before it on the next date of hearing..Notice was also issued to Delhi government by the Court. .The plea was moved by Vedansh Sharma who alleged that the Delhi cabinet Minister was "hoarding the oxygen cylinder at a time when the entire Delhi is in the crisis of the supply of the oxygen"..As per Sharma, such distribution by Hussain was illegal and unlawful. .To substantiate the claim, Sharma's lawyer, Advocate Amit Tiwari referred to a tweet by AAP Delhi account, which stated that free oxygen was available at Hussain's office. .Urging the Court to see the tweet, Tiwari argued that hoarding of cylinders was visible in the picture, and thus action should be initiated against Hussain. .The Court, however, responded, "The pictures don't show hoarding. people are standing in line.. some are taking (oxygen) from there..".The Court also observed that if Hussain was "not eating away from the allocated" quantity of oxygen to Delhi, there was no reason to raise an alarm. ."First we have to see where is he getting it from.. he may be getting from Faridabad (on his own)..you can't really have a problem. Even Gurudwaras are doing it," the Court said. .If anything, he was augmenting the supply of oxygen by providing it to his constituents, the Court stated as it clarified that it was not sitting for conducting any inquiry. .Delhi High Court seeks report from Delhi Police in plea alleging hoarding of COVID-19 medicines by political leaders.Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra, who appears for Delhi government, told the Court that if there was any veracity in the allegations, the strictest possible action would be taken irrespective of who it is. ."Names don't matter, party doesn't matter," Mehra said as he opined that Sharma should approach the local police. .The Court added that it would also initiate contempt action against violators in terms of its previous order. .The matter would be heard next on May 10. .Read the full account of the hearing here:.COVID-19 crisis in the national capital: LIVE UPDATES from the Delhi High Court hearing