Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 314 · Decided 9 May 2018
Kalpana Mehta and Others v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 314 · [2018] 4 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 558/2012
- Decided
- 9 May 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, A.K. SIKRI, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR, ASHOK BHUSHAN (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 57(4); Constitution Article 32, 136
Headnote
Public Interest Litigation: Constitution of India - Arts. 32 and 136 - Report of Parliamentary Standing Committee - Reliance upon - Parliamentary proceeding and its privilege - Scope of judicial review - Irregularities trials for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine - Justifiability of action taken by Drugs Controller General of India and Indian Council of Medical Research pertaining to approval of vaccine - On facts, HPV vaccine manufactured by pharmaceutical company, for preventing cervical cancer
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