The Madras High Court has refused to stay the operation of various provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act and its rules.
Justice V. Ramasubramanian dismissed a batch of miscellaneous petitions from Sakthi Masala Pvt. Ltd. and association of manufacturers and exporters of agricultural products.
Earlier, the court had granted an interim stay in respect of Section 31 (7) of the Act. Under the provision, a manufacturer who had a chain of distribution outlets throughout the State or throughout the country should obtain as many licences as the number of stores.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India filed a petition to vacate the stay.
What had been inserted in the provision was not something which was not already in existence. The requirement to obtain different licences had been in vogue for the past more than 30 years. In such circumstances, there was no question of issuing an order of injunction restraining the respondents from enforcing the provision, Mr. Justice Ramasubramanian said dismissing the petitions seeking injunction.
Justice V. Ramasubramanian dismissed a batch of miscellaneous petitions from Sakthi Masala Pvt. Ltd. and association of manufacturers and exporters of agricultural products.
Earlier, the court had granted an interim stay in respect of Section 31 (7) of the Act. Under the provision, a manufacturer who had a chain of distribution outlets throughout the State or throughout the country should obtain as many licences as the number of stores.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India filed a petition to vacate the stay.
What had been inserted in the provision was not something which was not already in existence. The requirement to obtain different licences had been in vogue for the past more than 30 years. In such circumstances, there was no question of issuing an order of injunction restraining the respondents from enforcing the provision, Mr. Justice Ramasubramanian said dismissing the petitions seeking injunction.
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