Chandigarh, Feb. 6 -- The high court on Thursday sought a response from the Punjab government and the Centre on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging 2025 rules governing the dispensing of de-addiction drugs such as buprenorphine.

The PIL filed by Dr Paramjeet Singh Ranu seeks quashing the Punjab Substance Use Disorder Treatment, Counselling and Rehabilitation Centres Rules, 2025, terming it a brazen attempt to nullify the operation and effect of 2019 high court order, consequently enhancing the menace of drug addiction and causing incalculable harm and injury to public at large especially innocent and unsuspecting youth of the country in general and of Punjab in particular.

According to the plea, a newly created category of ce...