SC dismisses PIL on toxic cough syrup deaths

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a high-level probe into the deaths of children allegedly caused by the consumption of contaminated cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

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A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran questioned advocate Vishal Tiwari, the petitioner in person, about how many PILs he has filed so far. After Tiwari responded “8-IO PILs”, the CJI Gavai-led Bench dismissed the petition.

During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, the second-highest law officer of the Centre, who was present in the courtroom but not representing any respondent authority, stated that state governments, including Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh, were taking necessary steps.

“Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, etc., will take steps. We cannot ‘not’ trust the states. Of course, they will take steps,” Mehta said.