Photo: IBNLive
The Supreme Court Monday asked the central government to provide details of clinical trials being conducted throughout the country, their side effects and deaths, if any.
The apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice Anil R. Dave, while asking the central government to furnish the details, also issued notice to all state governments, seeking to know whether they were being kept in the loop regarding clinical trials in their states.
The court wanted to know if the states have any special laws or regulations to regulate clinical trials.
The court expressed its anguish that these trials related to human beings, and said, "We are concerned about the lives of human beings who become subjects of clinical trials unknowingly and helplessly, pointing to the process of malpractices by doctors and drug companies."
The court declined to accept the Madhya Pradesh government's plea that the state government was in the dark about clinical trials being conducted in the state.
The court said clinical trials were being conducted in government hospitals by their doctors and found it difficult to accept that the state government was totally unaware of it.
The court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation by non-governmental organisation Swasthya Adhikar Manch, which pointed to clinical trials being conducted in Madhya Pradesh without patients being aware that they were subjects of such trials.
from
IANS
Mamata scared of entering any village: CPI-M
Ridiculing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to Kamduni village, the opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Tuesday said she was now "scared" to enter a village in the state.
from IANS
Delhi: Sex racket busted, one arrested
A sex racket was busted in Delhi after two Uzbek women who were held hostage for five months in a house and were repeatedly sexually abused by customers, escaped, police on Tuesday said.
from PTI
SC agrees to hear PIL on US surveillance
The Supreme Court today agreed to give an urgent hearing to a PIL on the issue of US National Security Agency snooping on Internet data from India
from
PTI
US House passes bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives has approved a legislation to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
from
in.com
26/11 braveheart seeks uniform back from court
Senior IPS officer Sadanand Date, who was injured in the gun battle with Pakistani terrorists Ajmal Kasab and Abu Ismail during the 26/11 attacks, has approached a local court seeking getting back his uniform.
from
IANS
PM assures help to flood-hit Uttarakhand
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday directed all central government agencies to assist in rescue and relief operations in flood-affected Uttarakhand and assured Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna of all help, a statement said.
from
IBNLive
HSBC officials caught laundering money
The latest sting operation by the online magazine exposes how some employees in two foreign banks in India have also been involved in accepting black money and agreeing to launder it.
