Supreme Court of India
Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals Limited (formerly Known as Smithkline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (india) Limited) v. Union of India & Ors.
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DRUGS (PRICES CONTROL) ORDER, 1995: Para 14 (1) and 16 - Fixation of price of bulk drug or formulation - Compliance of - Held: Once the Government exercises power and fixes maximum sale price of bulk drugs specified in the First Schedule, there is ban to sell a bulk drug at a price exceeding the maximum sale price so fixed plus local taxes, if any - True import of paragraph 14(1) is that once the price notification is gazettec1, it takes effect immediately though its enforcement is postponed by fifteen days to enable the manufacturers and others to make suitable arrangements with regard to
Authorities it was built on
- 1987 Union of India & Anr. v. Cynamide India Lid. & Anr.
- 1979 Desh Bandhu Gupta & Co. & Ors. v. Delhi Stock Exchange Assn. Ltd.
- 2008 Commissioner of Central Excise, Bolpur v. Mis Ratan Melting & Wire Industries
- 2006 Vijayalashmi Rice Mill and Ors. v. The Commerical Tax Officers, Palakol and Ors.
- 2004 Commissioner of Customs, Calcutta Etc. Etc. v. M/s. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and Anr.
- 1990 State of Madhya Pradesh and Anr. v. G.S. Dall and Flour Mills
- 2008 Union of India v. M/s. Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. and Others
- 1997 Collector of Central Excise v. Usha Martin Industries
- 1993 Bengal Iron Corporation and Anr. v. Commercial Tax Officer and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2016 Union of India & Ors. v. M/s. Cipla Ltd. & Anr.
- 2022 United India Insurance Co. Ltd v. Levis Strauss (india) Pvt. Ltd
- 2017 Glaxo Smithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
Of those, 1 distinguished · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned
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