37+ min ago   (350+ words) PB Agro, the makers of Vimal Elaichi, have approached the Delhi High Court seeking directions to quash show-cause notices issued by the Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to their celebrity brand ambassadors, Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (488+ words) The Calcutta High Court has awarded ₹5 lakh in compensation to an electrician left partially blind after a cataract surgery at a State-run facility in Metiabruz [Gobinda Chandra Debnath vs The State of West Bengal & Ors]. The Court held the West…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (493+ words) The Allahabad High Court has ruled that possessing, transporting, or selling codeine-based cough syrup for intoxication attracts the stringent Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, even if the codeine concentration falls within permissible limits [Bhola Prasad v. State of U.P.]. Justice…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (372+ words) A Hyderabad District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission recently directed Citizens Speciality Hospital and its consultant neurologist to jointly and severally pay ₹1 crore in compensation and ₹50,000 towards legal expenses for negligent treatment of a 30-year-old Hyderabad University PhD student [Ramavadh & Anr....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (87+ words) Bar and Bench (Partner), with support from Associates Kapil Devnani and Srujana Kuchimanchi..The hospital will be operated by Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Limited (KIMS) under a five-year Operations and Management Agreement The transaction marks the transition of a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (401+ words) The Delhi High Court has directed the Central government to decide within two months a plea seeking the constitution of the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission (NNMC) [Indian Professional Nurses Association (IPNA) Vs Union of India & Anr]. Justice Swarana Kanta…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (475+ words) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging the continued distribution of homoeopathic drug Arsenicum Album in Kerala. The drug was touted as an “immunity booster” during the COVID-19 pandemic, allegedly without proper clinical testing or trials....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (589+ words) The Centre has told the Supreme Court that a rule requiring private hospitals to charge within a government-determined range of rates for medical procedures is constitutionally valid, even as it conceded that the range itself has not yet been finalised…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (379+ words) The Maharashtra government has issued a food safety notification banning the manufacture and sale of analogue or non-dairy paneer across the State for one year. The order was issued on July 30 by Food Safety Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe and took effect…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (625+ words) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday expressed shock over the dehumanising conditions observed at the Government Mental Health Centre in Thrissur. Days after ordering reforms at the Thiruvananthapuram Government Mental Health Centre, Justices Devan Ramachandran and Basant Balaji had inspected…...