Supreme Court of India

Sanofi India Ltd. v. Central Bureau of Investigation

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Bench J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 7 September 2026

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the appeal fails and is hereby dismissed.

Judgment, page 99

In brief

Sanofi India Ltd., a pharmaceutical manufacturer, supplied medicines to the Rare Materials Project, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre through tenders in 2011-12, 2013-14 and 2015-16. The CBI alleged that Dr. P. Anand, a Scientific Officer (Medical) at BARC, conspired with the company by misclassifying items as proprietary, omitting competing bidders and declining to place orders with the lowest bidder, so as to procure medicines from the appellant at inflated rates and in excess quantities, causing BARC a wrongful loss of Rs.…

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