Delhi HC stays Centre's ban on Oxytocin drug till October
New Delhi, Aug 31 : The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the Central Government's decision to restrain private companies from manufacturing and selling oxytocin drug till October.
A bench of Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and A. K. Chawla in an interim order suspended the government's decision till October and listed the matter for further hearing on September 12.
The court was hearing pleas of Mylan Laboratories' subsidiary BGP Products Operations GmbH, Neon Laboratories and NGO All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN).
The government has restricted its manufacture to the public sector only and allowed state-run Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Ltd (KAPL) to produce it for domestic use.
The decision taken under Section 26A of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 is aimed at checking the misuse of oxytocin, a reproductive hormone found in mammals that increases the contraction of the uterus during labour and stimulates ejection of milk into the ducts of the breasts.
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15 IAS officers transferred in Haryana
Chandigarh (PTI): The Haryana government transferred 15 IAS officers with immediate effect on Wednesday.
Among those who have been transferred are Vineet Garg, Chairman, Haryana State Pollution Control Board. He has been posted as the additional chief secretary to the government's printing and stationery department, relieving Raja Shekhar Vundru of the charge, a government order said.
Ajay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram, has been transferred and posted as the deputy principal secretary-II to the chief minister against a newly-created post.
Pankaj Agarwal, Principal Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources Department, has been posted as the principal secretary in the architecture department, relieving Apporva Kumar Singh of the charge.
Saket Kumar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Commissioner and Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department, has been transferred and posted as the commissioner and secretary in the archives department, relieving Shekhar Vidyarthi of the charge.
Mani Ram Sharma, Registrar, Cooperative Societies, has been posted as the secretary in the health department, relieving Rippudaman Singh Dhillon of the charge.
