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The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed Johnson & Johnson to make an interim payment of ₹25 lakh each to four patients, after verifying that they had undergone revision surgeries on receiving faulty hip implants made by the company.
The court’s direction came after the company said it was willing to pay ₹25 lakh as compensation to those affected by the implants.
Justice Vibhu Bakhru asked the company to give a list of all the claimants who are registered with it, after verifying that they have undergone revision surgeries.
The court set the next hearing for May 29 and asked the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation to give the details of all the claimants it has to the company.
The court was hearing the company’s plea challenging a press release issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare asking it to pay compensation to all the affected patients, as determined by the reports of the Committees formed to examine the issues relating to its faulty hip implants.
The court also granted one week more to the Centre, represented through Central government standing counsel Amit Mahajan, to file its response to the petition.
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