Food Safety And Standars Authority Of India vs. Jaya Products Through Its Partner

ITEM NO.101 COURT NO. 8 SEC. XVIA/IX/X/XI/XV/IVA/PIL(W) (Part Heard) SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Transfer Case (Civil) No(s). 1/2010 CENTRAL ARECANUT MARKETING CORPN.& ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA Respondent(s) WTTH T.C. (C) No. $6/2010$ T.C. (C) Nos. $12-14/2014$ T.C. (C) No. 15/2014 T.C. (C) No. $16/2014$ W.P.(C) No. $344/2011$ W.P. (C) No. $330/2011$ (With Interim Relief and Office Report) T.C. (C) No. 95/2012 (With impleadment and intervention) T.C. (C) No. $10/2014$ T.C. (C) No. $11/2014$ W.P.(C) No. $141/2011$ (With appln.(s) for permission to file additional documents and Office Report) W.P. (C) No. $354/2011$ (With appln.(s) for amendment of the petition and interim relief and Office Report) $W.P.(C)$ No. 572/2013 (With office report) W.P.(C) No. 289/2011 (With appln.(s) for directions and intervention and Office Report) W.P. (C) No. $69/2011$ (With appln.(s) for directions and impleadment and Office Report)

T.C. (C) No. $9/2014$ SLP(C) No. $16308/2007$ (With appln.(s) for directions and impleadment and interim directions and intervention and urging addl. grounds and Interim Relief and Office Report)

SLP(C) Nos. $19467-19469/2007$

(With appln.(s) for clarification and directions and exemption from Signature North Year Might Signature North And Permission to file affidavit and <pre>% king permission to raise additional grounds and interim Relief</pre> Reason and Office Report)

SLP(C) No. $16314/2007$ (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing $c/c$ of the impugned <pre>judgment and Interim Relief and Office Report)</pre>

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T.C.(C) No. 33/2014 T.C.(C) No. 35/2014

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 348/2011 In SLP(C) Nos. 19467-19469/2007 SLP(C) No. 16317/2007 (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and Interim Relief and Office Report) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 37/2012 In SLP(C) No. 16308/2007 CONMT.PET.(C) No. 288/2011 In SLP(C) No. 16308/2007 CONMT.PET.(C) No. 236/2011 In SLP(C) No. 16308/2007 (With Office Report) CONMT.PET.(C) No. 356/2011 In SLP(C) No. 16308/2007 W.P.(C) No. 304/2011 (With appln.(s) for Amendment of the petition and Office Report) T.C.(C) No. 4/2010 T.C.(C) No. 18/2014 SLP(C) Nos. 4165-4166/2013 (With Office Report) T.P.(C) No. 144/2015 (With Office Report) T.C.(C) No. 21/2014 T.C.(C) No. 22/2014 T.C.(C) No. 8/2016 T.C.(C) No. 7/2016 T.C.(C) No. 6/2016 T.C.(C) No. 5/2016 T.C.(C) No. 2/2010 T.C.(C) No. 3/2010 W.P.(C) No. 131/2011 (With Office Report) SLP(C) No. 32162/2012 (With Interim Relief and Office Report) W.P.(C) No. 147/2013 (With appln.(s) for stay and Office Report) SLP(C) No. 32163/2012 (With Office Report) T.C.(C) No. 5/2010 T.C.(C) No. 25/2010 (With appln.(s) for clarification and Stay) T.C.(C) No. 20/2014 T.C.(C) No. 38/2014 T.C.(C) No. 36/2014 T.C.(C) No. 37/2014 T.C.(C) No. 19/2014 T.C.(C) No. 34/2014

T.C. (C) No. 1/2010 etc. 3

SLP(C) No. 28716/2012 (With Interim Relief and Office Report) W.P.(C) No. 182/2011 (With Office Report) T.P.(C) No. 143/2015 (With Office Report) T.P.(C) No. 98/2015 (With Office Report) T.P.(C) No. 21/2015 (With Office Report) T.P.(C) No. 1919/2014 (With appln.(s) for stay and Office Report) T.C.(C) No. 24/2014 T.C.(C) No. 25/2014 T.P.(C) No. 77/2015 (With appln.(s) for ex-parte stay and Office Report) T.P.(C) No. 91/2015 (With appln.(s) for ex-parte stay and Office Report) T.P.(C) No. 76/2015

(With appln.(s) for stay and Office Report) T.P.(C) No. 111/2015

(With appln.(s) for stay and Office Report)

Date : 07/09/2016 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. GOPALA GOWDA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL

Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv. (A.C.) Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. Mr. Pradeep, Adv. Ms. Anusha Ramesh, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Saxena, Adv. Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv.

Counsel for the parties:

Mr. C.S. Vaidyanathan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nalin Talwar, Adv. Ms. Anubha Singh, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Chowdhary, AOR Mr. Sudhir Chandra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR Ms. Shashi Pathak, Adv. Mr. Subramonium Prasad, Sr. Adv. Ms. Mansha Anand, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Kaushiq, Adv.

Mr. Ranjit B. Raut, Ms. Bina Gupta, AOR Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, Adv. Mr. V. Shekhar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anant Gautam, Adv. Mr. Sooho P., at Mr. Nishant Anand, Adv. Mr. R.S. Suri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajay Baury, Adv. Ms. Rekha Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Mr. Subramonium Prasad, AOR Mr. Pinaki Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vivek Kohli, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Mathur, Adv. Mr. Arun K. Sinha, AOR Mr. Prashant Kumar, AOR Mr. Rakesh Diwedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ujjal Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Anish Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Jay Kishor Singh, AOR Ms. Geeta Luthra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shivani Luthra Lohiya, Adv. Mr. D. N. Goburdhan, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, Adv. Ms. Indu Misra, Adv. Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. Ms. Aparna Jha, AOR Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury,AOR Mr. K. C. Dua,AOR Mr. Anil Kumar Jha,AOR Mr. Shiv Prakash Pandey,AOR M/s Temple Law Firm, Advs. Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan,AOR

	Mr. Vikas Mehta,AOR
	Ms. Ranjeeta Rohtagi,AOR
	Mr. Rakesh Dahiya,AOR
F.S.S.A.I.	Mr. Mehmood P., Adv.<br>Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR<br>Mr. Mansoor Ali, Adv.
	Mr. K. Rajeev,AOR
	Mr. Nikhil Jain,AOR
	Mr. S. K. Verma,AOR
	Mr. M. Shoeb Alam,AOR
State of Bihar	Mr. Rudreshwar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Samir Ali Khan,AOR
	Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR
State of Karnataka	Mr. K.N. Bhat, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR<br>Mr. Parikshit P. Angadi, Adv.
	Mr. Pravin H. Parekh, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Lalit S. Chauhan, Adv.<br>Mr. Sumit Goel, Adv.<br>Mr. Abhishek Vinod Deshmukh, Adv.<br>Ms. Rashi Gupta, Adv.<br>Ms. Pavitra Singh, Adv.<br>For M/s Parekh & Co., Advs.
	Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv.<br>Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv.<br>For M/s Lawyers' Knit & Co., Advs.
	M/s Nuli & Nuli, Advs.
	Mr. Shreekant N. Terdal, AOR
	Ms. A. Sumathi, AOR
	Mr. A.K. Panda, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Madhvi Diwan, Adv.<br>Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. R. Balasubramanium, Adv.<br>Ms. Sadhna Sandhu, Adv.

Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Ranjit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv. Mr. D. S. Mahra, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Ms. Shirin Khajuria, AOR Mr. C.U. Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Dhaval Mehrotra, Adv. Mr. Rishi K.S. Gautam, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav C., Adv. Ms. Kanika G., Adv. Ms. Ruchika, Adv. Mr. Rajan Narain, AOR Mr. Pankaj Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Nipun Goel, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR State of Chhattisgarh Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv. Mr. Kundan Kumar Mishra, AOR State of Rajasthan Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prateek Yadav, Adv. Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. Rakesh Kumar, AOR State of M.P. Mr. Purushaindra Kaurav, AAG Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, AOR Mr. Nikilesh Ramachandran, AOR Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. Ravi Kumar Tomar, AOR M/s Map & Map, Advs. Ms. Shally Bhasin, AOR

M.C.D. Mr. Ajay Arora, Adv. Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR

Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh, AOR Mr. K.B. Rohtagi, AOR State of U.P. Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, AOR Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv. Mr. Vikrant Yadav, Adv. Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mr. L.C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv. Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, AOR State of Jharkhand Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Sr. Adv. Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv. State of Tamil Nadu Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. Muthuvel Palani, Adv. Mr. A. Aravind, Adv. Ms. C.K. Sucharita, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Ms. Nithya, Adv. Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR State of Uttarakhand Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv. Mr. Devesh Kumar Agnihotri, Adv.

Mr. Ritesh Kumar, AOR Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, AOR UT of Andaman & Mr. K. V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.

Nicobar Admn. Ms. G. Indira, AOR

State of Rajasthan Gp. Capt. Karan Singh Bhati, Adv.

Ms. Tanuja Patra, Adv. Mr. T. Gopal, Adv. Mr. Dilip Kumar Nayak, Adv. Ms. Anshul Sharma, Adv. Ms. Heena Khan, Adv. Ms. Eshitha Kapur, Adv. Mr. Amit Verma, Adv. For Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Venkita Subramoniam T.R., AOR Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR Ms. Shivani Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Amjid Maqbool, Adv. Mr. Kaushik Poddar, AOR Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AOR Mr. N. Ganpathy, AOR Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR Ms. Praveen Gautam, AOR Ms. Praveena Gautam, AOR Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. T. Mahipal, Adv. Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Nitin S. Tambwekar, Adv. Mr. Seshatalpa Sai Bandaru, Adv. Mr. Vijay Panjwani, AOR Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Surya Kant, AOR Mr. Ashok Kumar Panda, Sr. Adv. Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, AOR Mr. Satyabrata Panda, Adv. Mr. Manoranjan Paikaray, Adv. State of Arunachal Pradesh Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.

State of Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Ms. Varsha Poddar, Adv. Mr. K.B. Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Mahesh Kasana, Adv. Ms. Aparna Rohatgi Jain, Adv. Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR M/s Corporate Law Group, Advs. Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR State of H.P. Mr. Suryanarayana Singh, AAG Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Govt. of Puducherry Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR Mr. S. Prabhu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Chhattisgarh Environment Ms. Yogmaya Agnihotri, Adv. Conservation Board Ms. Purnima Bhat Kak, AOR Ms. Sandhya Goswami, AOR State of Sikkim Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Yusuf Khan, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. for M/s Arputham Aruna & Co., Advs. Mr. Jitendra Mohan Sharma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Pahlad Singh Sharma, AOR Ms. Shweta Jain, Adv. Mr. Vikas Bansode, Adv. Ms. Shalini Chandra, AOR State of Nagaland Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Edward Belho, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv. Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR

Mr. B.D. Sharma, AOR Ms. Meera Mathur, AOR Mr. Abhay Kumar, AOR Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. M.T. George, AOR Mr. Jitendra Mohan Sharma, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shweta Jain, Adv. Mr. Ajit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Pahlad Singh Sharma, AOR Ms. Madhvi Diwan, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Khanna, Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR State of Maharashtra Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. Arpit Rai, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Ms. Priyanjali Yadav, Adv. Ms. Vandana Anand, Adv. Mr. Dheeraj Nair, AOR State of Kerala Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv. Ms. Priyanka Prakash, Adv. Ms. Beena Prakash, Adv. Mr. Manu Srinath, Adv. State of Manipur Mr. Sapam Bishwajit, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. M. Shoebalam, AOR For Intervenor Mr. Ashok Kumar Gupta II, AOR Dr. R.R. Deshpande, Adv. Mr. Yuvaraj Baburao Gaikwad, Adv. State of Haryana Mr. Alok Sangwan, AAG

Mr. T.N. Rama Rao, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. T. Veera Reddy, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

In the first category of cases, heard the arguments of Mr. Subramanium Prasad, Mr. V. Shekhar and Mr. Pinaki Mishra, learned senior counsel for the respective parties. They have concluded their submissions.

In the second category of cases under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and Regulations framed thereunder, challenging prohibitory orders in the transferred cases, heard the arguments of Mr. Sudhir Chandra, learned senior counsel, in part. At this stage, he has pointed out that arguments in T.C.(C) No. 95/2012 have not been heard, however, the same has been mentioned in the previous order dated 1.09.2016, which needs to be deleted. Ordered accordingly.

We have directed learned counsel appearing for all the parties to prepare brief points which they are going to address in their respective cases. The same are permitted to be filed before the next date of listing and they are also permitted to file their written submissions simultaneously.

List for further hearing on 15.09.2016 as part heard matters.

(S. K. RAKHEJA) (VINOD KUMAR JHA) COURT MASTER A.R.-cum-P.S. (INDU POKHRIYAL) COURT MASTER