Aaratrika Bhaumik

Tamil Nadu says 11.719 tmcft shortfall is hurting Samba cultivation; Karnataka cites water scarcity and drinking-water needs as court reserves order

Centre seeks 30% trade-margin cap for non-scheduled cancer drugs; court questions extending price controls to all essential medicines.

Government proposes 30% trade-margin cap on patented and non-patented cancer medicines, but top court asks why a margin cap cannot be extended to all medicines and medical products; the court says the government has to ensure that DPCO-approved medicines, whose price is legally regulated, reach patients

Public concerns rise over Delhi Police withholding publicly accessible Section 163 prohibitory orders amid anti-CEC protests and detentions.

Senior advocate Ravindra Srivastava, appearing for the petitioner, however, questioned the delay in framing the rules, pointing out that concerns over steep airfares had resurfaced ahead of Diwali this year

The MAITC MP had approached the top court seeking guidelines to ensure cooperation from local authorities and the police during visits to her constituency

The Supreme Court said the State police would do well to educate their officers in the process of investigation; the court said it was appalled by the manner in which the investigation had been carried out

Supreme Court had earlier directed the State government to “seal and dismantle” all illegal and unauthorised discharge points into the river, including bypass arrangements, manholes, chambers, pipelines and conduit

Supreme Court questions policy vs. lives, probes NPPA’s cancer drug price caps and calls for balanced, transparent essential-medicine pricing.

Petitioners flag disproportionate margins and seek stricter enforcement of price controls; Centre says ‘complete govt. control‘ of pharma sector will adversely affect the market