SC dismisses plea against Ranbaxy Labs

SC dismisses plea against Ranbaxy Labs
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New Delhi: Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking a probe against Ranbaxy Labs for allegedly manufacturing and selling substandard medicines...

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking a probe against Ranbaxy Labs for allegedly manufacturing and selling substandard medicines due to lack of evidence against the company. A bench of justices A K Patnaik and Ranjan Gogoi, however, allowed the petitioner advocate M L Sharma to file a fresh petition if he finds some evidence against the company in support of his allegation that the company is engaged in manufacturing and selling substandard drugs. Ranbaxy
The bench said that it cannot decide the plea against the company on the basis of a judgement passed by a US court against Ranbaxy. "Your entire argument is based on proceedings in US. We have no jurisdiction over it. Show us material that things are happening in India and it adversely affects right to life of people here," the bench observed adding, "where is the material against Ranbaxy". "No material has been placed to show that drugs manufactured by any unit of Ranbaxy are substandard, adulterated, spurious and that such drugs are prohibited under the law. In absence of such material, we cannot entertain the plea," the bench said. In his PIL, Sharma had alleged that Ranbaxy was fined $500 million by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for making and selling "adulterated" drugs. It also sought sealing of all its manufacturing units here, including those in Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh and Dewas in MP.
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