The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Centre and Ranbaxy laboratories ltd on a PIl seeking cancellation of the company’s licence and a CBI probe against it for allegedly supplying adulterated drugs in the country.
Agreeing to examine the allegations, a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam, however, refused to pass any interim order for restraining the company from manufacturing drugs.
“The matter requires consideration and we will examine it but we cannot grant any interim stay,” the bench said.
The court passed the order on a PIl filed by advocate Ml Sharma seeking action against the company for allegedly supplying sub-standard and adulterated drugs.
Sharma had earlier also filed a similar petition which was dismissed by the apex court. The court, however, had granted liberty to Sharma to file fresh petition with additional documents in support of his allegations.
In his PIl, Sharma alleged that “Ranbaxy was fined USD 500 million by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for making and selling adulterated drugs”.