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The Supreme Court docket on Friday (July 17, 2026) independently decided the query of judicial expediency in issues involving entry to life-saving medicines and the correct to life.
The case issues a lady in Kerala who has breast most cancers and has filed a lawsuit within the state Excessive Court docket difficult the exorbitant costs of therapy medication. She died through the listening to of her petition within the Excessive Court docket.
Taking cognizance of this difficulty, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana identified that the problem is pending within the Kerala Excessive Court docket concerning the affordability of patented anti-cancer medication.
The Supreme Court docket has issued a discover within the matter and requested the Chief Justice of the Kerala Excessive Court docket to expeditiously eliminate the matter.
In the course of the listening to, the Supreme Court docket was knowledgeable that the petitioner, who had filed a petition within the Excessive Court docket, had died.
The petition within the Excessive Court docket was initially filed in 2022 by a affected person from Ernakulam.
After her demise, the excessive courtroom determined to proceed with the case, recognizing that there was a bigger public curiosity at play, and adjusted the title of the case to “On the exorbitant pricing of life-saving patented medicines.”
