Dr.Srinivasa Raju

  Can Medical Practitioners dispense medicines? The question of whether clinical specialists should sell medicines at their clinic has been raised on several occasions but still remains unanswered.In India, the manufacturing, storing, transportation, conveyance, and administering of drugs and medicines are governed under various statutes, including: The Drugs and Cosmetic Act, 1940; Indian Medical Council Act, 1956; The Pharmacy Act, 1948; and The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. Section .42 of the Pharmacy Act requires mandatory registration of pharmacists selling medicines but exempts DOCTORSs from this requirement.  Recently, the Pharmacy Council of India had unanimously adopted a resolution requiring an amendment of S.42 of the Pharmacy Act permitting DOCTORSs to sell medicines to their patients. Rajan B Rajan, former President of the Kerala State Pharmacy Council, also demanded following up on the implementation of this resolution. It is a...

  SC: Doctor can’t be punished under D&C Act for storing small quantities of medicines. Case Title: S. Athilakshmi vs. The State Rep. By The  Drugs Inspector  [SLP (Criminal) No. 9978 of 2022] Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 194 The Supreme Court has held that a doctor's act of storing small quantities of medicines will not amount to an offence of unauthorized stocking of medicines under Section 18(c) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940. "When small quantity of medicine has been found in the premises of a registered medical practitioner, it would not amount to selling their medicines across the counter in an open shop",  observed a bench comprising  Justices Krishan Murari and Sudhanshu Dhulia  while quashing the criminal proceedings against a Tamil Nadu-based doctor under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940.   The bench noted that the quantity of medicines which was allegedly seized from the premises of the petitioner was extremely small, a quantity ...

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