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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
J.NISHA BANU, S.SRIMATHY, JJ
Thuthukudi Thanpadu Uppu Ettrumathi Viyaparigal Sangam, Rep by its Secretary Sri T.S.P Jeyapalan – Appellant
Versus
Union of India, Secretary to Government, Ministry of Wealth of Family Welfare – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background on regulation of common salt sale. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. arguments for the legality and health impact of common salt ban. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. counterarguments in favor of iodization policy. (Para 7 , 8 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 4. legal foundations for regulating iodized salt. (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17) |
| 5. court’s considerations on the necessity of balanced expert views. (Para 23 , 24 , 25 , 26) |
| 6. court quashes the impugned regulations. (Para 27) |
| 7. final order and dismissal of petitions. (Para 28) |
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by J.NISHA BANU, J.
Challenging the Regulation 2.3.12 of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on Sale) Regulations, 2011 dated 25.06.2019, which prohibits sale of the common salt for direct human consumption as well as Regulation 2.4.42 of the Food Safety Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011, this writ petition is filed seeking to declare those Regulations as null and void and ultra vires of the Constitution of India with a consequential direction to the respondents 1 to 3 to permit the petitioner to have the following label bearing words 'Non-Iodised Common Salt' on the package of Common Salt and on the
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