Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 1078 · Decided 14 December 2023
Manik Hiru Jhangiani v. State of M.P
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 1078 · [2023] 16 S.C.R. 551
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3864/2023
- Decided
- 14 December 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, SANJAY KAROL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482; Constitution Article 20(2)
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: The question arose when the penal action can be taken under both the statutes-Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, which statute would prevail. Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (FSSA) - ss. 52, 89 - this Act over all other food related laws: Held: Eff ect of s. 89 is that if there is an inconsistency between the provisions of the PFA and the FSSA, s. 89 would operate, and provisions of the FSSA would prevail over the provisions of the PFA to the extent to which the same are inconsistent
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