In order to understand the relevance and importance of the subject, a brief insight is required on the objective and scope of the pharmacy in the Union Territory. The Pharmacy Act, 1948 was enacted to regulate the profession of pharmacy by making better provisions under the said act for its regulation. One of the mandates of the said act was to constitute Pharmacy council.

Since the J&K Re-organization Act, 2019 was implemented in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, under which among several Laws of the erstwhile State, the J&K Pharmacy Act, Samvat, 2011 also got repealed by the Pharmacy Act, 1948.