SC to look into affordable access to life-saving cancer medicines
New Delhi, July 18 -- The Supreme Court on Friday said it will examine the broader issue of affordable access to life-saving cancer medicines and judicial delays in cases involving the right to health, expressing concern that a breast cancer patient's petition remained pending before the Kerala high court despite being listed 57 times before her death.
Issuing notice in a suo motu case, a bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said repeated listings without an effective hearing prompted the top court to step in. "Initially, we were reluctant of taking it up suo motu, but then we noticed reports that it was listed 57 times but was not being decided...that concerned us," the bench, also comprising justices Joymalya Bagchi and V ...
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