Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 347 · Decided 1 April 1997
Pratap Pharma PVT. LTD. and ANR. ETC. ETC. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 347 · [1997] 3 S.C.R. 492
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 3530/1983
- Decided
- 1 April 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 14, 19(1)(g)
Headnote
D1Ugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940: Sections 3 (a), (b), 3(h) (As amended by Act 68 of 1982) and Section 33-C. C Sectio11 3(h)-'Patent and proprietary medicineL-Amendment of defi11iti011L-As a consequence any Aywvedic or Siddha or Unani d1ug which is administered by parental route and also giving a f thereto stood ex­ cluded-Held amendment was not ultra vires the Constitution-Held the D arbitrariness of a legislation violating A1ticle 14 cannot be adjudged to be arbitrary when the Parliament is of the view that it is to ensure safety of the life of human being; or animals-T71e regulation
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