Public Health Law

The Supreme Court struck down Maharashtra's methanol licensing rules as disproportionate, while ordering every state to adopt tamper-evident transport and licensing safeguards against hooch deaths.

In March 2026, the Supreme Court noted the absence of any structured COVID-19 vaccine compensation policy in India and directed the Union Government to formulate a no-fault framework for persons who suffered serious adverse effects following immunisation. Here is what the ruling covers and what it requires the government to do.