INOX Air Products Limited now known as INOX Air Products Private Limited and Another vs The State of Andhra Pradesh
SC · 30 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1235 : 2025 INSC 128
Whether selling of Nitrous Oxide I.P. by the appellant no. 1 company to the unlicensed accused No.3 firm which does not possess license under Form 20B of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, was in contravention of s.18(a)…
Heinz India Limited vs The State of Kerala
SC · 4 May 2023
[2023] 6 S.C.R. 425 : 2023 INSC 488
Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 – Entry 79, 127 – Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959 – s. 3, Entry 20-(A) of Part C of First Schedule; Entry 1(iii) of Part-F of First Schedule – Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 – s.…
S. Athilakshmi vs The State Rep. by the Drugs Inspector
SC · 15 March 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 914 : 2023 INSC 237
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 – ss.18(c), 27(b)(ii) – Prosecution of appellant u/s.18(c) punishable u/s.27(b)(ii) – Held: Prohibition u/s.18(c) is on the manufacturing, distribution, stocking or exhibition of medicines f…
Lalankumar Singh & Ors. vs State of Maharashtra
SC · 11 October 2022
[2022] 14 S.C.R. 573 : 2022 INSC 1061
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940: ss.34, 16, 18 – Vicarious liability – Appellants are the directors of M/s Cachet Pharmaceuticals Private Ltd. (CPPL) – Test report of the sample of the drug manufactured by CPPL stated that…
Union of India vs Ashok Kumar Sharma and Others
SC · 28 August 2020
[2020] 10 S.C.R. 923 : 2020 INSC 517
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 – ss.22(1)(d), 32 – Cognizable offences under Chapter IV – Prosecution and arrest – Held: In view of s.32 and the scheme of CrPC, Police Officers cannot prosecute offenders in regard to such…
State Rep. by the Drugs Inspector vs Manimaran
SC · 30 November 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 395 : 2018 INSC 1122
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 – ss. 18(c), 27(b)(ii), 28 and proviso to 27(b)(ii) – Prosecution case was that when drugs inspectors had inspected the respondent’s medical shop, they had found certain drugs stored without…
