Supreme Court dismisses plea on cough syrup deaths

A public curiosity petition searching for an unbiased investigation by a judicial fee or an knowledgeable committee to probe the cough syrup deaths, which have claimed the lives of twenty-two youngsters in Madhya Pradesh, was short-lived within the Supreme Courtroom on Friday (October 10, 2025).

A Bench of Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai and Justice Okay. Vinod Chandran dismissed the plea whereas asking advocate-petitioner Vishal Tiwari what number of occasions he had filed PILs in his authorized profession.

Mr. Tiwari had primarily sought a centralised investigation. He stated Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the place the now-banned Coldrif syrup producer is positioned, have been buying and selling barbs, blaming one another for the deaths, whereas treasured time was passing with none substantial steps taken within the investigation by the States.

Solicitor Basic Tushar Mehta, who was current within the courtroom for an additional case, intervened and stated that although he didn’t signify any States, “we should belief the States”.

“Tamil Nadu would take steps,” Mr. Mehta submitted. He stated the petitioners, like Mr. Tiwari, learn the newspapers and approached the courtroom with none background materials or proof.

The petition filed by advocate Mr. Tiwari had additionally sought a switch of the FIRs to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). It had sought a complete inquiry into the manufacture, regulation, testing and distribution of contaminated cough syrups containing Diethylene Glycol, a poisonous chemical utilized in industrial solvents, and ideas for the protected manufacture of those medicines.

The plea had urged the apex courtroom to grab the current inventory of the now-banned Coldrif syrup and ban their sale or distribution. It stated the inventory should be examined for poisonous clearance and verified at NABL laboratories.

A authorities physician, who allegedly prescribed Coldrif, linked to the demise of a number of youngsters in Madhya Pradesh, was arrested with the police lodging a case in opposition to him and the Tamil Nadu-based producer.

The Madhya Pradesh Police has already fashioned a particular investigation staff (SIT) to probe the case, whereas the State Authorities suspended Dr. Praveen Soni, a paediatric specialist on the Civil Hospital within the Parasia sub-division in Chhindwara district, accused of prescribing the adulterated syrup — Coldrif — to lots of the deceased youngsters at his personal clinic.

An FIR was additionally registered in opposition to Coldrif producer, Sresan Prescribed drugs, primarily based in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram, underneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Sections 105 and 276, and Part 27A of the Medication and Cosmetics Act.