Take action against those selling prescription drugs OTC: Delhi HC

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court directed the Centre and the AAP government on Thursday to take action against those found to be selling prescription drugs over-the-counter (OTC) without a doctor's authorisation.

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued the direction while disposing of a PIL by an NGO which alleged that chemists often sell over-the-counter (OTC) those medicines which require a prescription from a doctor.

The petition by Anterrashtriya Upbhokta Kalyan Samiti had sought action against "uncontrolled, unwanted and unguided" use of drugs, not permitted to be sold over-the-counter without a doctor's prescription.

The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rule 65 of

Drugs and Cosmetic Rules, 1945 list the manufacture and sale of all drugs which cannot be purchased without

the prescription of a qualified doctor.