Secretary, Ministry Of Chemicals & ... vs M/S. Cipla Ltd. & Ors

The Union of India challenged a Bombay High Court judgment regarding the inclusion of seven bulk drugs and their formulations in the first schedule of the Drugs (Price Control) Order, 1995. The primary legal issue concerns the validity of the government's power to include specific drugs in the price control regime to ensure essential medicines remain affordable. The Court examined whether the administrative action of including these drugs in the DPCO was legally sustainable under the governing framework.