-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court today observed that even if there was a grain of truth in the charges that Ranbaxy was supplying adulterated drugs, it was a "very, very serious matter" but refrained from issuing any orders till it received "prima facie material". The court said that drug-testing standards in the US were different from those in India, and what was happening in America might not necessarily be happening...
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PIL in apex court against Ranbaxy
-The Telegraph The Supreme Court today refrained from passing any order on a plea for early listing of a PIL that had sought closure of pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy, recently penalised by US authorities for allegedly supplying adulterated and substandard drugs. The public interest petition sought registration of criminal cases under the penal code and also the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1947, against company officials for allegedly cheating millions of patients in the...
More »‘Can law be enacted to insulate CBI from interference?’-J Venkatesan
-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Attorney-General G.E. Vahanvati to take instructions from the government whether a law could be enacted to insulate the CBI from extraneous influence and make it an independent organisation and to ensure its functional autonomy. A three-Judge Bench comprising Justices R.M. Lodha, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph told the A-G: "we would be happy if a law is put in place before the next...
More »FDI in retail is a boon, says Supreme Court-J Venkatesan
-The Hindu In a relief to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the government's proposal to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail trade (MBRT) saying the move did not suffer from any unconstitutionality, illegality, arbitrariness or irrationality. A three-judge bench of Justices R.M. Lodha, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph said "consumer is king and if that is the philosophy working behind the policy then what is wrong...
More »We should liberate CBI from interference, says Supreme Court -J Venkatesan
-The Hindu Ranjit Sinha says CBI is part of government, not autonomous The widening sinkhole that the coal scam has become claimed its first victim on Wednesday as Additional Solicitor-General Harin Raval resigned for having misled the Supreme Court, while CBI Director Ranjit Sinha?brought the executive and the judiciary to the verge of open confrontation by stating that his agency was not an "autonomous organisation" but part of the government.? The CBI, which...
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