Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Another v. M/s. Swiss Garnier Life Sciences & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 17 S.C.R. 918
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya JJ.
Decided 4 July 2013

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What the Court ordered

We hold that it is well within G the jurisdiction of the Government to fix the ceiling price of Doxofylline formulation under para 9 or para 11 of DPCO, 1995.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1995 - Paras 2(a), 2(u), 2(v), 9, 11; First Schedule - "Bulk drug" - "Scheduled bulk drug - "Scheduled formulation" - 'Doxofylline' - Jurisdiction of the Government to fix the ceiling price or revise the price of Doxofylline - Price fixation notifications issued whereby the Government fixed the prices of "Doxofylline formulatiors" - Challenge to - Notifications set aside by the High Court - Held: Doxofylline is derivative of Theophylline, a bulk drug, and Doxofylline in any formulation comes within the definition of scheduled formulation - Consequently, it was

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