{
  "id": 16742006,
  "title": "'Govt allowing this to happen': Supreme Court questions overpricing of medicines, massive gap in MRP and cost to retailers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/govt-allowing-this-to-happen-supreme-court-questions-overpricing-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T10:33:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/govt-allowing-this-to-happen-supreme-court-questions-on-overpricing-of-medicines-massive-gap-in-mrp-and-cost-to-retailers-101793097066204.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The SC bench questioned why the system appeared to favour pharmaceutical manufacturers and asked whether such practices should be allowed to continue unchecked",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}