# Rs 2,700 cancer drug selling for Rs 27,000: Supreme Court calls it daylight robbery

> The Supreme Court has described the steep markup on essential cancer medicines as “daylight robbery” after being told that a drug available to retailers for Rs 2,700 carried a maximum retail price of Rs 27,000.

- Published: 2026-09-22T18:30:04.548Z
- Updated: 2026-09-28T15:02:27.360Z
- 4 sources
- Topics: Politics
- Involves: Election Commission of India, Supreme Court of India, Supreme Court taking suo motu cognisance of the gang-rape of a minor in a moving bus in Delhi-NCR

## How it developed

- 2026-09-22T18:30:04.548Z - India Today: [Rs 2,700 cancer drug selling for Rs 27,000: Supreme Court calls it daylight robbery](https://www.indiatoday.in/india/law-news/story/cancer-drug-prices-supreme-court-daylight-robbery-rs-27000-markup-3000675-2026-09-22)
- 2026-09-25T02:31:30.192Z - Hindustan Times: [SC seeks EC time frame for decision on TMC name, symbol dispute](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-seeks-ec-time-frame-for-decision-on-tmc-name-symbol-dispute-101790277240349.html)
- 2026-09-26T13:30:03.565Z - India Today: [Election Commission Dismisses Rift Claims, Extends SIR Deadlines in Delhi and Maharashtra](https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/election-commission-dismisses-rift-claims-extends-sir-deadlines-in-delhi-and-maharashtra-ytvd-3003684-2026-09-26)
- 2026-09-26T14:02:08.093Z - Hindustan Times: [Got SIR notice over unmapped or logical discrepancies? EC explains what to do next](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/did-you-get-sir-notice-over-unmapped-and-logical-discrepancies-ec-tells-you-what-to-do-next-101790428034319.html)
- 2026-09-26T15:02:01.590Z - Hindustan Times: [EC extends deadline for claims, objections to October 12 in Maharashtra amid SIR row](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ec-extends-deadline-for-claims-objections-to-october-12-in-maharashtra-amid-sir-row-101790429776655.html)
- 2026-09-26T16:02:51.383Z - Asomiya Pratidin: [‘সৰ্বসন্মতিক্ৰমে আয়োগে গ্ৰহণ কৰিছিল সকলো সিদ্ধান্ত...’](https://www.asomiyapratidin.in/homepage/special-writing-on-cec-gyanesh-kumar-and-clarifies-internal-dissent-reports-12580115)
- 2026-09-27T06:00:04.914Z - India Today: [Karur Stampede Anniversary Observed; TN Govt Exempts Law And Order From RTI](https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/karur-stampede-anniversary-observed-tn-govt-exempts-law-and-order-from-rti-ytvd-3003990-2026-09-27)
- 2026-09-28T15:02:27.360Z - ThePrint: [Systematic failure of authorities': SC takes suo motu cognisance of minor's gangrape in sleeper bus](https://theprint.in/india/systematic-failure-of-authorities-sc-takes-suo-motu-cognisance-of-minors-gangrape-in-sleeper-bus/3055662/)

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