Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 231 · Decided 29 September 1975
Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Kacheroo Mal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 231 · [1976] 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 174/1971
- Decided
- 29 September 1975
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, A.C. GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
l Interpretation o( statute-:Suppress the mischief and advance the remedy­ Prevention of Food Adulteration Act-S. 2 (i)(f)-Proof of sample being insect infested enough or whet.her f11rd1er proof of bein.~ 1111/it for human consumption-Mealling of insecr infesied-Whet/ier insecri must be grocery shop of the respondent. The sample was sent to the Public Analyst who reported that the cashewmits _were insect infested. After receiving the report from the Public Analyst the Food Inspector prosecuted th(l respondent in. respect of an offence under s. 7 read with s. 16 of the
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