All India Drug Action Network v. Union of India and Anr.

Delhi High Court · 14 Dec 2018 · 2018:DHC:7877-DB
S. Ravindra Bhat; A.K. Chawla
W.P.(C) 8555/2018
2018:DHC:7877-DB
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Delhi High Court allowed writ petitions challenging regulatory actions by the Union of India in the pharmaceutical sector for non-compliance with statutory and procedural safeguards.

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W.P.(C) 8555/2018 & connected matters
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Reserved on: 25.10.2018 Pronounced on: 14.12.2018
W.P.(C) 8555/2018, C.M. APPL.32864/2018 & 34112/2018
ALL INDIA DRUG ACTION NETWORK ..... Petitioner
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. ..... Respondents
W.P.(C) 8666/2018, C.M. APPL.33281/2018
NEON LABORATORIES LTD. ..... Petitioner
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ...... Respondents
W.P.(C) 9601/2018, C.M. APPL.37387/2018 & 37388/2018
CIRON DRUGS AND PHARMACEUTICALS PVT. LTD. AND
ANR. ..... Petitioner
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ...... Respondents
Through : Sh. C.S. Vaidianathan, Sr. Advocate with Sh. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Advocate, Ms. Gayatri Roy, Ms. Soumili Das, Sh. Anirudh and
Sh. Amit Panigrahi, Advocates, for petitioners, in
W.P.(C) 6084/2018.
Sh. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Olivia A.I. Bay, Sh. Deepak Kumar Singh and Ms. Harini Raghupathy, Advocates, for petitioner, in W.P.(C)
8555/2018.
Sh. Sandeep Sethi, Sr. Advocate with Sh. Ravikesh
Kumar Sinha, Advocate, for petitioner, in W.P.(C)
8666/2018.
Sh. Tushar Mehta, SG with Mrs. Maninder Acharya, ASG; Sh. Kirtiman Singh, CGSC; Sh.
Ripu Daman Bhardwaj, CGSC; Sh. Rishikant Singh, Sh. Waize Ali Noor, Sh. Sahil Sood, Sh.
Harshul Choudhary, Ms. Shruti Dutt, Sh.
Vikramaditya Singh and Sh. Viplav Acharya, Advocates for UOI.
2018:DHC:7877-DB
W.P.(C) 8555/2018 & connected matters
Sh. Varun Singh, Sh. Gaurav Nair and Ms. Pranati Bhatnagar, Advocates, for petitioner, in W.P.(C)
9601/2018.
Sh. Ashish Prasad, Ms. Mukta Dutta and Sh.
Rohan Roy, Advocates.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. CHAWLA MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT
JUDGMENT

1. The writ petitions are allowed.

2. For detailed judgment, the decision dated 14.12.2018 in W.P.(C) 6084/2018 may be referred to.

S. RAVINDRA BHAT

(JUDGE)

A.K. CHAWLA (JUDGE) DECEMBER 14, 2018