Doctor stocking small amount of medicines without disclosing source does not endanger public: Supreme Court
The Court set aside a jail sentence imposed on a doctor found in possession of a small quantity of unlicensed medicines, and instead confined to imposing a ₹1 lakh fine on the doctor.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a two-year imprisonment sentence imposed on a doctor for storing a "small quantity" of certain allopathic medicines at his clinic without requisite licenses [Palani vs Tamil Nadu State].