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DELHI HIGH COURT
Yogeshwar Dayal, Prithvi Raj, O.N. Vohra, JJ
New Delhi Municipal Committee v. Hardev Singh and Others
| Table of Content |
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| 1. allegations of food adulteration raised against respondent. (Para 1) |
| 2. petitioner's challenges to trial court's findings. (Para 2 , 3) |
| 3. court's view on the necessity of larger bench examination. (Para 4 , 6) |
| 4. principle regarding the sale of adulterated food for analysis. (Para 10 , 20 , 28) |
| 5. competency of food inspector to take samples questioned. (Para 11 , 12 , 27) |
| 6. interpretation of legal provisions regarding sample collection. (Para 17 , 19 , 21) |
| 7. conclusion on remanding case based on upheld findings. (Para 29 , 46) |
1. Hardev Singh son of Gulab Singh, respondent No. 1, was tried by Shri R.D. Aggarwal, Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi, on a complaint filed by the petitioner under S.7 read with S.16 and S.17 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 , (hereinafter called 'the Act') on the allegation that the sample of Atta*sold by him as vendor on behalf of M/s Punjabi Hotel, respondent No. 3, to Food Inspector, M.S. Chadha, on 5th November, 1974, was found to be adulterated due to presence of insect infestation. Respondent No. 2, Ranjeet Singh, was impleaded as an accused alleging that he was the working partner of M/s. Punjabi Hotel, respondent N
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