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Ayush ministry drug approvals — Delhi HC 2024

Ayush drug-licence approval data is public health information under §4[1][b]; commercial formulations remain §8[1][d]. Public-health approvals are disclosable;.

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 +====== Ayush ministry drug approvals — Delhi HC 2024 ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Delhi High Court** · 2024-07-12 · 2024 SCC OnLine Del 4421
 +</WRAP>
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 +**Ayush drug-licence approval data is public health information under §4[1][b]; commercial formulations remain §8[1][d]. Public-health approvals are disclosable;.**
 +
 +//Public-health approvals are disclosable; proprietary formulations are not.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Delhi High Court |
 +^ Decided | 2024-07-12 |
 +^ Citation | 2024 SCC OnLine Del 4421 |
 +^ Bench | S, a, n, j, e, e, v,  , N, a, r, u, l, a,  , J |
 +^ Petitioner | Dr. K. Ramachandran |
 +^ Respondent | Ministry of Ayush |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §4(1)(b), §8(1)(d) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Ayush drug-licence approval data is public health information under §4(1)(b); commercial formulations remain §8(1)(d).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Drug licences granted for Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy formulations concern public health and are §4(1)(b) information. The commercial formulation itself is protected under §8(1)(d) as it is trade-secret property. Labelling, indications approved, and licence conditions are disclosable.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +Ayush, drug approvals, section 4(1)(b), section 8(1)(d), public health
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/cic-inspection-records-medical-2018|Hospital inspection reports — CIC]] (CIC 2018)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-ugc-foreign-university-2025|UGC foreign-university approvals — CIC 2025]] (CIC 2025)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-driver-license-records-2017|Driving-licence / vehicle registration records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2017)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-commercial-confidence-psu-2020|PSU commercial terms — §8(1)(d) — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-property-tax-assessment-2020|Property-tax assessment records — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-DEL|All Delhi High Court rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=4|All RTI cases turning on §4]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/placeholder-hc-del-ayush-2024/|External reported text →]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-hc-del section-4 section-8}}