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Supreme Court judgments on Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954

8 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Nagarajan & Anr. vs The State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 15 May 2025
[2025] 6 S.C.R. 471 : 2025 INSC 703
Whether the benefit of the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 can be granted to the appellants; if the answer to the aforesaid issue is in the negative, can the reduced sentence that the Food Safety and S…
M/s A.K. Sarkar & Co. & Anr. vs The State of West Bengal & Ors.
SC · 7 March 2024
[2024] 3 S.C.R. 356 : 2024 INSC 186
The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 was repealed by the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 wherein s. 52 provides a maximum penalty of Rs.3,00,000/- for misbranded food. The issue arose whether the appellant c…
M/s Sri Mahavir Agency & Anr. vs The State of West Bengal & Anr.
SC · 17 April 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 126 : 2023 INSC 375
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 : ss.7, 14, 16(1)(a)(i), 19(2) – Food Adulteration – Protection u/s. 19(2), to the vendor – Availability of – Appellant purchased ‘Pan Parag’ from the manufacturer through invoic…
Hari Shankar Aggarwal vs The State of Rajasthan & Anr.
SC · 10 March 2021
[2021] 2 S.C.R. 1005 : 2021 INSC 176
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 – ss.7/16 – Offence under – Cognizance taken against appellant by Courts below – If justified – Case of appellant that he was not a nominee of the firm / company in question and…
Hindustan Unilever Limited vs The State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 5 November 2020
[2020] 9 S.C.R. 455 : 2020 INSC 634
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 – s.17 – Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 – s.97 – General Clauses Act, 1897 – s.6 – A complaint was filed by inspector of Food and Health on the basis of a sample taken on 07…
M/s Alkem Laboratories Ltd. vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Anr.
SC · 29 November 2019
[2019] 14 S.C.R. 1081 : 2019 INSC 1304
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954: s.20A – Impleadment of appellant who was marketer of packed food articles ‘sugarless Jelly’ – The said food article was manufactured by a separate entity – Prosecution case was…
Raj Kumar vs The State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 4 October 2019
[2019] 13 S.C.R. 949 : 2019 INSC 1132
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954: s.13(2) – Noncompliance of – Sample of milk – Milk Solid Non Fat (MSNF) – 7.7% of MSNF found in sample of milk against the prescribed standard of 8.5% – Option given by Magistra…
Delhi Administration vs Vidya Gupta
SC · 24 April 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 316 : 2018 INSC 404
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 – s.7 – Sample taken from the Ghee that was stored for the purpose of making jalebis – Allegation that the sample of Ghee did not conform to the standards of Ghee as per the Act…

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