Hindustan Times ·
PIL in SC seeks time-bound probe, stringent action against fake drug networks
New Delhi, A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a comprehensive national framework to curb the manufacture and sale of counterfeit and adulterated medicines, including vaccines and cough syrups.
The PIL, filed on Tuesday by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyaya, made union ministries of Health and Family Welfare, Law and Justice and Women and Child Development, all states and union territories and the Law Commission as parties.
The plea, filed through advocate-on-record Ashwani Kumar Dubey, sought directions to the Centre and states to complete investigations into fake medicine cases within three months and trials within one year.
