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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday quashed two orders passed by the Maharashtra government revoking the license of Johnson & Johnson company to manufacture, sell and distribute its baby powder products, terming them as stringent, unreasonable and unfair. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and S G Dige permitted the company to manufacture, sell and distribute the products. The bench passed its order on a petition filed by the company challenging two orders of the state government one dated September 15, 2022 cancelling the license and the second dated September 20, 2022 ordering it to immediately stop the manufacturing and sale of the baby powder product. The bench noted that while maintaining standards of quality and safety are of utmost importance for cosmetic products, at the same time it does not seem reasonable to shut down the whole manufacturing process when there is a slight deviation in one of the products. "The executive cannot use a hammer to kill an ant. Is it ..
Johnson and Johnson faulty hip implant victims on Monday questioned the credibility of a panel formed by the Centre to determine the compensation amount for them, and alleged the entire process lacked transparency and followed no proper guidelines. In a letter written to Union Health Minister J P Nadda, a group over 30 victims also opposed involvement of the multi-national company in the process and threatened to boycott the entire exercise if their concerns are not addressed. The government had constituted the five-member Central Expert Committee to determine the quantum of compensation to be given to patients who received "faulty" hip implants, manufactured by DePuy International, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson. They patients questioned the credibility of the panel. They said they are distressed to see the government continuing its consultation with the J&J while the patients who suffered grievous injuries "have not been consulted even a single time". "Given the lack of ...