{"id":10511,"date":"2012-10-10T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/?p=10511"},"modified":"2022-01-11T06:59:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T06:59:04","slug":"medicines-should-be-within-reach-of-common-man-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/medicines-should-be-within-reach-of-common-man-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicines should be within reach of common man: Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/evb9ktagfkv.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/court.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&w=2560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21916\" src=\"https:\/\/evb9ktagfkv.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/court-300x192.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1\" alt=\"court\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evb9ktagfkv.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/court-300x192.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/evb9ktagfkv.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/court.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The judges observed that the prices of the drugs were so high that it left the patient with the option of either to die or buy medicines by selling one\u2019s land or ornaments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New Delhi: Protecting the interest of the common man, the Supreme Court on Wednesday told the government not to disturb the existing retail price mechanism of drugs under the price control order while finalising the list of essential medicines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c<strong>The common man has no access to anything<\/strong>,\u201d observed apex court bench of Justice G S Singhvi and Justice S J Mukhopadhaya, adding that \u201cat least one state government (Rajasthan) started distributing generic medicine free of cost\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The judges said this while chiding the government for taking long in increasing the number of important medicines under the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The court wondered why things had not moved for nine years and told the government to bring more essential medicines within the reach of the common man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The court asked Luthra to read that part of Feb 2, order which said: \u201cFor the last about 10 months, this bench has adjourned the case on six different dates to enable the central government to take appropriate decision on the recommendations made by different dates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The court said that any further delay in the issuance of the NLEM would compel it to pass directions to that effect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat is the legitimacy of the directions of this court or that of any other court,\u201d the judges said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even before the expanded NLEM could see the light of the day, a campaign has started in media, said the court. 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