Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Advocate.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

The petitioner is said to be a private limited company engaged in the manufacture and distribution of packaged natural mineral water under the brand name of 'Qua'. It is claimed that the bottles distributed by the petitioner have labels affixed on the bottle, containing all the pre-printed information required to be provided, which is common to every bottle upon which such label is affixed, including the address of the manufacturer, nutritional information, volume of the liquid contained, etc. However, it is stated, that since the production batch numbers, date of manufacture and the retail price, which vary from one batch of the bottles to the next, or from time to time, is said to be directly printed on the bottle while on the manufacturing line. This is known as 'online printing' and is said to be a common practice followed by most reputed manufacturers of bottled water. Hence it is contended that the petitioner had conformed and complied with Section 18 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (Hereinafter referred to as the ‘LM Act’, for brevity) read w