New Delhi, Oct 7: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court following multiple child deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, allegedly caused by consumption of contaminated cough syrups. The petition seeks an independent, court-monitored investigation and a complete overhaul of India’s drug safety framework.

Filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari, the plea urges the Supreme Court to constitute a national judicial commission or expert committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to probe the manufacture, testing, and distribution of toxic cough syrups found to contain diethylene glycol (DEG) and ethylene glycol (EG), industrial chemicals known to cause fatal poisoning.

The PIL cites incidents in Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh) and Barmer (Rajasthan), where several chi

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