Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 180 · Decided 14 August 1969
Ranganatha Reddiar v. The State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 180 · [1970] 1 S.C.R. 864
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 141/1967
- Decided
- 14 August 1969
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, G.K. MITTER, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
B Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, s. 14--The Prevention of Food Adulteratio,{ Rules, 1954 R. ·12-A, proviw-Scope of-Cash memo­ COl'ering food item found adulterated-Containing wording "quality upto the mark"-If sufficient warranty in terms of proviso. It was alleged stored and sold compounded asafoetida which C was found to have been adulterated. It was the appellant's case that be bad purchased the asafoetida from a distributor in enclosed packets and that the cash memo furnished to him by the distributor stated inter alia that "qu:ility is upto the
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