Tuesday, 13 February 2018

HC decision: Use of spirits in homeopathic medicine

The Patna High Court has given permission to make homeopathic medicine in the state. Also, the ban on the use of spirits in furniture polish has been lifted. Explain that after state prohibition of homeopathic medicine and others
Spirits use was also illegal in construction. The Bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, while hearing the writ petitions filed by M / s Emperor Laboratories and others, has abolished the system of new prohibition laws, which include spirits used in homeopathic medicine and furniture polishing / Alcohol was also declared a drug.

The court said that restrictions on alcohol will remain. Advocate Satyavir Bharti argued that due to being in the category of intoxicants, the spirit / alcohol used to make homeopathic medicine was also banned, but it can not be consumed in the form of intoxicants. He requested the Court to abolish the sub-section seven-eight of those two Section 2 (40). The court accepted it. The court said that the creation of homeopathic drugs can not be restricted under the new prohibition laws. In the case of the Sri Baidyanath Ayurvedic Building, the court had earlier decided that the license of Ayurvedic medicines in the state is given under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and other central laws.

The court refused to intervene in the prohibition of alcoholism. Not only that, the state government can not impose any restriction under the new prohibition of law for the manufacture of homeopathic medicines in the state, if the drugs are licensed under the Central Law, such as the Drugs and Cosmetic Act and the Medical and Restore Preparatory Act. Have been issued under The court also gave the same order in issuing licenses for the production of D. Nether Spirit in the state.