Unichem Laboratories Limited Having Its Registered Office At Unichem Bhawan Prabhat Estate, Sv Road v. The Union Of India Represented By Its Secretary To Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Nirman Bh

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27228 of 2016 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-3 Year-2011 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Unichem Laboratories Limited having its Registered Office at Unichem Bhawan Prabhat Estate, SV Road ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The Union Of India represented by its Secretary to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, Moulana Azad Road, New Delhi-110011. 2.

The Drugs Controller General, Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, Under Directorate General Offence Sevices, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, F.D.A. Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi.

3.

The State of Bihar Through the State Drugs Controller, Bihar 4th Floor New Secretariat, Patna-800001 4.

The Licensing Authority, Drugs Control Administration, Sitamarhi Bihar. 5.

The Drugs Inspector, Sitamarhi Hospital Road, Sitamarhi, Bihar. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Kuber Pathak, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, APP For the UoI :

Mr. Tuhin Shankar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 15-09-2023

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State along with the learned counsel for the Union of India, Shri Tuhin Shankar.

2. The Court is not inclined to entertain the quashing application solely for the reason that the order of cognizance is dated 20.05.2011 and the quashing application came to be filed after five years in the year 2016 i.e. after much delay and from 2011 till today about twelve

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27228 of 2016(2) dt.15-09-2023 2/2 years have passed.

3. The Court does not come to rescue of those who sleep over their right.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T