Health

Taking TRIPS to India — Novartis, patent law, and access to medicines

In August and September 2006, patients with cancer, lawyers for patient advocacy groups, and representatives of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) converged on the offices of Novartis in Mumbai, India, to protest the company's efforts to obtain an Indian patent on Gleevec, the company's brand-name version of imatinib mesylate. Gleevec (spelled Glivec outside the United States) is used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia, and Novartis has patented the drug in 35 countries.

Publication Date: 
08/02/2007
Janice M. Mueller
New England Journal of Medicine
356
6
541-543
Tags:
Drugs, Drug Industry, Cancer, Patents, India, Legislation, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), WTO, United States Of America (US), High Court
India

 Elephants weigh in with humans in Rajasthan High Court

From now on, animals will be treated at par with human beings, at least when it comes to insurance claims in Rajasthan. In a recent judgement, Rajasthan High Court has adjudged the elephant as a

Publication Date: 
30/01/2007
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Compensation, Elephant, Services, High Court, India, Rajasthan
India

 Tamil Nadu and Kerala slug it out over Mullaperiyar dam

THE longstanding controversy over the Mullaperiyar dam on the river Periyar assumed bitter proportions in December 2006 with the Kerala government accusing its Tamil Nadu counterpart of pulling out

Publication Date: 
30/01/2007
S V Suresh Babu
Down to Earth
Tags:
Periyar, Water Distribution, Water Demand, Dams, Dam Safety, Reservoirs, Irrigation, Conflicts, Interstate Disputes, Supreme Court, High Court, Government Of India (GOI), India, Kerala, Idukki, Tamil Nadu
Industry

 Botswana's Bushmen to return to Kalahari Game Reserve

Botswana's autochthonous Bushmen (or the San people) have won legal rights to return to their ancestral homeland in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, after the High Court of Botswana ruled against

Publication Date: 
14/01/2007
Down to Earth
15
20070115
0
Tags:
Kalahari, Displacement, Tribals, Protected Area Conservation, High Court, Africa, Botswana
India

 Naini Lake polluted by sewage and construction waste

NAINITAL town's Naini lake is shrinking and its water becoming increasingly murky. The quality of water in the lake, which is the sole source of drinking water for the people of the town, has

Publication Date: 
14/01/2007
Bidisha Kumar
Down to Earth
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Lakes, Water Quality, Urbanisation, Urban Planning, Urban Environment, Waste Disposal, Supreme Court, High Court, India, Nainital (D)
Pesticides And Toxins

Legal implications of Plachimada: a case study

The first part of the paper briefly describes the geography and the socio-economic background of Plachimada. The second part analyses the legal and institutional framework applicable to the case. This part also examines how the government approached the case, which has already been presented before the Kerala High Court. The third part is an analysis of the case law.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
Sujith Koonan
International Environmental Law Research Centre
Tags:
Pollution Control, Water Pollution, Soft Drinks Industry, Coca Cola, Groundwater, Health Effects, Supreme Court, High Court, Kerala, Palakkad (D)
Environment

PIL on public auction for leasing out the public tanks in Kanyakumari District for the purpose of cultivation of lotus plants

PIL on public auction for leasing out the public tanks in Kanyakumari District for the purpose of cultivation of lotus plants.
See also http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/newsletter/Kanya_Kumari.htm

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
High Court of Madras
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Lakes, Tanks, Aquatic Plants, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Kanniyakumari, Madras (T)
India

 IN SHORT

ban on projects: The Himachal High Court on November 6 clamped a ban on new projects in the private sector (including hotels and residential complexes) above Rs 25 lakh involving construction

Publication Date: 
30/12/2006
Down to Earth
15
20061231
0
Tags:
Pesticides, Food Standards, Construction Industry, Pesticide Residues, Private Sector, Legislation, High Court, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, India, Himachal Pradesh, Hotels
India

 Gujarat charges pharma major for pollution

the Gujarat High Court has issued notices to Alembic Ltd, the Gujarat government and Gujarat State Pollution Control Board (gpcb) over contamination of groundwater in Paneval village in Panchamahal

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
Mahesh L
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Drug Industry, High Court, India, Gujarat
India

 Defective blood test kits in West Bengal

defective blood-testing kits sold to West Bengal government clinics, blood banks and hospitals may have resulted in thousands of people receiving hiv or Hepatitis B- and C-infected blood.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Diagnostic Methods, Blood, Hepatitis, AIDS, High Court, India, West Bengal

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