https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193349 A welfare interpretation of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act requires the term "drug" to be understood in its popular sense, having regard to the statute's object of regulating manufacture, distribution and sale. On that approach, a substance admitted to contain D.D.T. and sold as D.D.T. compound was treated as a drug, even though it was labelled "not for medical use" and intended for pest control rather than medicine. The Public Analyst's report was found unreliable for lacking the protocol test, but the accused's admission and the common understanding of the product were sufficient to sustain the conviction and sentence under Section 18(c) read with Section 27. en-us Wed, 09 Apr 1969 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:23:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193349 A welfare interpretation of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act requires the term "drug" to be understood in its popular sense, having regard to the statute's object of regulating manufacture, distribution and sale. On that approach, a substance admitted to contain D.D.T. and sold as D.D.T. compound was treated as a drug, even though it was labelled "not for medical use" and intended for pest control rather than medicine. The Public Analyst's report was found unreliable for lacking the protocol test, but the accused's admission and the common understanding of the product were sufficient to sustain the conviction and sentence under Section 18(c) read with Section 27. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 09 Apr 1969 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193349