The Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a direction to all medical professionals to provide an additional slip detailing possible risks and side effects associated with prescribed medicines.A Bench, headed .
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition seeking that medical professionals be mandated to specify to a patient all kinds of possible risks and side effects associated with a drug being prescribed. India News | Delhi HC Dismisses Plea to Mandate Doctors Specify Drugs' Side Effects to Patient.
"Since the legislature in its wisdom has elected to impose this duty on the manufacturer and the pharmacist (to state about side effects), we do not find any ground for issuing a direction as prayed for in this PIL as it would amount to judicial legislation," the HC said in its May 15 order.
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