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Supreme Court Sets Friday Hearing on PIL Seeking CBI Probe Into Suspected Toxic Cough Syrup Deaths

The petition urges the top court to centralize fragmented state inquiries under court supervision.

Overview

  • A bench led by Chief Justice B. R. Gavai, with Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and K. Vinod Chandran, listed the public interest plea for October 10.
  • Petitioner Advocate Vishal Tiwari seeks transfer of all related FIRs and state investigations to the CBI for a uniform, court‑monitored probe.
  • The filing asks for a National Judicial Commission or expert committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to assess regulatory failures.
  • The petition requests mandatory toxicology testing of suspect medicines in NABL‑accredited labs before any further sale or export.
  • Reports cite multiple child deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan allegedly linked to a specific cough syrup, and PTI reports the arrest of Sresan Pharma’s owner in Chennai.