Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 575 · Decided 5 August 2016
Swami Achyutanand Tirth & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 575 · [2016] 4 S.C.R. 849
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 159/2012
- Decided
- 5 August 2016
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, UDAY UMESH LALIT, R. BANUMATHI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 32
Headnote
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 - ss.3/16/19/23/31/50/ 89191192197 - Growing menace of adulterated and synthetic milk - Report released by Foods Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) that on a national level 68. 4% of milk being sold is adulterated- Writ of mandamus alleging inaction and apathy to take appropriate measures to curb sale of synthetic !adulterated milk and milk products - Held: Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 alongwith the rules and regulations framed thereunder constitutes a vigorous regulatory regime taking care of various situations
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