Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 431 · Decided 4 July 2011
Academy of Nutrition Improvement and ORS. v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 431 · [2011] 8 S.C.R. 680
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 80/2006
- Decided
- 4 July 2011
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, B. SUDERSHAN REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19(1)(g), 21
Headnote
Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955: c r. 44-1 - Constitutionality of - r. 44-1 providing for restriction on sale of non-iodised common salt for human consumption - Writ petitions challenging the compulsory iodisation of sale for human consumption - Held: Government of India has taken and medical inputs, D research results and survey data to conclude that compulsory iodisation is the most effective and accepted method for elimination of iodine deficiency disorders and that consumption of iodised salt by persons not suffering from iodine deficiency will not adversely affect
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