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Free Drinking Water Is Not Optional: Consumer Commission Reaffirms Restaurants Statutory Duty Towards Customers

Access to safe and free drinking water is not a matter of generosity or courtesy extended by restaurants to their patrons. It is a legally enforceable obligation grounded in consumer protection law...

India Healthcare

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Life Sciences And Healthcare Newsletter | December 2025

Welcome to the December 2025 edition of our Life Sciences and Healthcare Newsletter, covering key regulatory, policy, and industry developments across the sector.

India Healthcare

DL

Dentons Link Legal

Driving Resilient Supply Chains: Procurement Lessons From India's Pharma Sector

India's pharmaceutical industry has traditionally been known as the 'pharmacy of the world,' exporting cheap generics and vaccines to the world.

India Government

NP

Nexdigm Private Limited

Checking The Pulse – Recent Legal Developments In The Indian Healthcare And Pharma Sector

In the past couple of months, India's healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors have seen a continued push towards regulatory strengthening, quality standardisation, and innovation-driven growth.

India Healthcare

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CMS INDUSLAW

Driving Fair Play: The Competition Commission Of India's Impact On The Pharmaceutical Sector

India Anti-trust

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Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Hoffmann Test For Assessing Inventive Step Applied: Appeal Dismissed By Delhi High Court

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LexOrbis

Patent Refused Without Addressing All Objections: Delhi High Court Orders Reconsideration

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LexOrbis

Life Sciences And Healthcare Newsletter | November 2025

India Healthcare

DL

Dentons Link Legal

Centralising Religious Dietary Certifications: An Analysis Of The Food Safety And Standards (Amendment) Bill, 2025

India Healthcare

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

India Business Bulletin (October 2025)

India Media & IT

Archer & Angel

Police Power Versus Food Safety Officer Jurisdiction : Rajasthan High Court Clears The Air In Ravi v. State Of Rajasthan

India Healthcare

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Ensuring Access To Life-Saving Medicines: The Case For Compulsory Licensing In Rare Diseases

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

TPM Newsletter: December 2025 - Key Highlights

Worldwide International

TC

TPM Consultants

Formulation Fight: Amgen Case Tests Patentability Of Biopharmaceuticals In India

OA

Obhan & Associates

The New Labour Codes In Practice: A Compliance Roadmap For Employers

India Employment

DD

Dhir & Dhir Associates

F&M - Dispute Resolution & ADR - Highlights 2025

India Litigation

Fox & Mandal

Comparative Framework: How The New Labour Codes Differ From 29 Old Labour Laws

India Employment

LP

Legitpro Law

Consent Managers Are India's Next Big Opportunity: Here's The FAQ You Need

AP

AK & Partners

Investor Alert: SEBI Opens Doors To Scalable Co-Investments In AIFs (Podcast)

AP

AK & Partners

FSSAI Crack-Down On Auramine-Laced Roasted Chana: Industrial Dye In Food Meets Statutory Enforcement

On 28 November 2025 the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India invoked its emergency steering power under Section 16(5) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 to issue Order RCD-15001/16/2025-Regulatory.

India Healthcare

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Compulsory Licensing: A Mechanism In Balancing The Rights To Patents And The Need To Protect Health

The topic of Compulsory licensing (CL) is right in the centre of a huge controversy of intellectual property and the fundamental right to health.

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Lifesciences And Healthcare Newsletter | October 2025

Welcome to the October 2025 edition of our Life Sciences and Healthcare Newsletter, where we highlight the latest developments shaping the industry.

India Healthcare

DL

Dentons Link Legal

Life Sciences And Healthcare Newsletter | September 2025

Welcome to the September 2025 edition of our Life Sciences and Healthcare Newsletter, where we delve into the latest developments shaping the industry.

India Healthcare

DL

Dentons Link Legal

Legal Metrology And Food Laws Newsletter | November 2025

India Healthcare

DL

Dentons Link Legal

SWIFT 2.0 Goes Live: FSSAI–CBIC Integration Reshapes Legal Architecture Of Food-Import Clearance

India Healthcare

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Supreme Court's Crackdown On Misleading Medical Advertisements: A Call For Stricter Regulations

India Media & IT

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

FSSAI Targets Misleading "100%" Claims: A Wake-Up Call For Food Brands

India Healthcare

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

Agro Tech Foods Limited, Final Order No. A/30508/2025 Dated 21.11.2025, CESTAT Hyderabad

India Litigation

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Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Revamping Public Service Delivery: Lessons From India's Initiatives

India Government

LP

Legitpro Law

CANDID vs. CANDEX-B Judgment: A Conundrum!

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

Blockchain-based Procurement Traceability In India For Food Safety

India Technology

NP

Nexdigm Private Limited

No More River-Dumping: FSSAI's New Green Advisory For Seized Food

India Healthcare

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

WOW Momo Wins Appeal : Court Grants Injunction Against WOW Burger!

RT

RNA, Technology and IP Attorneys

CANDID vs. CANDEX-B Judgment: A Conundrum!

In the present case, Karlin Pharmaceuticals & Exports (first respondent) had filed Application No.749366 dated March 21, 1997 (on a proposed to be used basis), seeking registration of the trademark ‘CANDEX-B' for pharmaceutical products in class 5.

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

Blockchain-based Procurement Traceability In India For Food Safety

Every morning, millions of families across India sit down to meals that have traveled hundreds, sometimes thousands, of kilometers from farms to processors to markets.

India Technology

NP

Nexdigm Private Limited

No More River-Dumping: FSSAI's New Green Advisory For Seized Food

FSSAI's 3rd November advisory turns the vague phrase "safe disposal" into a time-bound, camera-recorded, state-reported protocol that links food-safety enforcement to environmental protection.

India Healthcare

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

WOW Momo Wins Appeal : Court Grants Injunction Against WOW Burger!

The article summarises an Appeal filed by Wow Momo Foods Pvt. Ltd (WMFPL) against the judgement of the Single Judge of the Delhi High Court whereby it dismissed the injunction application...

RT

RNA, Technology and IP Attorneys

Managing Intellectual Property Rights In Indian Pharmaceutical Companies -Innovative Techniques For In‑House Legal Teams

MC

MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

Medical Devices Step Out Of Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Shadow: 2025 Amendment Ends Labelling Confusion

The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Amendment Rules, 2025 quietly unplugged every medical-device package from the empire of tape-measures, type-heights and width-to-height ratios that have governed ordinary...

India Healthcare

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Wow Momo Foods Private Limited vs Wow Burger & Anr

A suit was filed before the Delhi High Court by Kolkata-based Wow Momo Foods Pvt. Ltd., owner of popular food brands such as WOW MOMO and WOW DIMSUMS to restrain Hong Kong-based...

MC

MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

Rajasthan High Court Orders FSSAI To Frame Regulations On Genetically Modified Foods, Citing Right To Safe Food Under Article 21

In a decision with far-reaching implications for India's food safety regime, the Rajasthan High Court in Kritesh Oswal & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. directed the Central Government...

India Healthcare

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

One Form, One Hundred Rupees, Three Months: FSSAI's Quick-Fix For Seasonal Food Businesses

Every October small queues of hawkers appear outside puja pandals. Until now these micro food businesses lived in a strange grey zone: the Food Safety and Standards Act recognised "seasonal" operators back in 2011...

India Healthcare

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Right To Cross-examination Is Not Absolute And Must Be Exercised Diligently

RT

RNA, Technology and IP Attorneys

Lifesciences And Healthcare Newsletter | August 2025

India Healthcare

DL

Dentons Link Legal

Lifesciences And Healthcare Newsletter | July 2025

India Healthcare

DL

Dentons Link Legal

From Label To Loyalty: Food Packaging And Consumer Trust (Video)

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Indian Case Spotlights How Doctors' Handwriting Can Become A Legal Liability

India Healthcare

AA

Adams & Adams

TPM Newsletter: October 2025 - Agreement On Fisheries Subsidies: An Overview

India International

TC

TPM Consultants

Delhi High Court Rejects Monopoly Over 'WOW': Trademark Injunction Denied

RT

RNA, Technology and IP Attorneys

No Outside Snacks, But Free Water Flows: PVR Wins Consumer Case

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

FSSAI Orders Nationwide "Special Festive Drive" To Keep Your Sweets And Milk Products Safe This Season

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

The Patanjali Journey: Supreme Court's Expanding Scrutiny On Advertising Compliance For Cosmetics

India Healthcare

AP

AZB & Partners

Spice Crackdown: FSSAI's October 2025 Manufacturing Sweep Explained

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

GST 2.0: What The 56th Council Meeting Means For Businesses

HA

HSA Advocates

Bail Under The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act)

India Healthcare

KC

Kochhar & Co.

The Infringer's Burden In Process Patent Suits In India

OA

Obhan & Associates

CDSCO Guidelines For Safe Drug Disposal: A Sustainable Shift For Indian Pharma

India Healthcare

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Lexplosion Solutions Private Limited

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From Label To Loyalty: Food Packaging And Consumer Trust (Video)

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

FSSAI's New Rule: Quarterly Reports On Expired & Rejected Food! (Video)

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

TiE Event – My Story With Ajit Nagral (July 06, 2018) (Video)

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Nishith Desai Associates

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