UNION OF INDIA vs K.S. GOPINATH . — C.A. No. 9218/2003

Summary of C.A. No. 009218/2003 (Union of India v. K.S. Gopinath) The Supreme Court disposed of three consolidated appeals as infructuous on March 31, 2011. The Union of India had challenged a Karnataka High Court order (dated November 12, 2002) directing the government to formulate criteria for essential and life-saving drugs under price control and suspend implementation of the 2002 Pharmaceutical Policy. The Union's senior counsel stated that the Central Government had not implemented and would not implement the 2002 Policy, as a new policy was being formulated. Based on this statement, the Court disposed of all three appeals without further hearing or orders. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.