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W.P.(C) 6039/2024
SHEETAL DHARIWAL
UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA
Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
Accordingly, the present application stands disposed of.
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
W.P.(C) 6039/2024
SHEETAL DHARIWAL ..... Petitioner
Through: Mr. Chandan Bhatia and Mr. Sarthak Kumar Singh, Advocates
Through: Mr. Kirtiman Singh, CGSC
Mr. Rishabh Srivastava, Mr. Singh, Mr. Pradyumn Rao and
Mr.Vikas Saini, Advocates for Mr. Santosh Kumar Tripathi, Standing
Counsel for GNCTD, R Mr. Rakesh Chaudhary and Mr. Sushaar Chaudhary, Advocates for
R-3 Mr. Aditya Singla, Advocate for R
Date of Decision: HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE
JUDGMENT
HIGH COURT OF DELHI ..... Petitioner Mr. Chandan Bhatia and Mr. Sarthak Kumar Singh, Advocates ..... Respondents
Mr. Kirtiman Singh, CGSC with Mr. Waize Ali Noor, Mr. Varun Rajawat, Mr. Varun P. Singh, Mr. Kartik Baijal, Mr. Aryan Agrawal and Ms. Shreya V. Mehra, Advocates for R-1
Mr. Rishabh Srivastava, Mr. Utkarsh Singh, Mr. Pradyumn Rao and
Mr.Vikas Saini, Advocates for Mr. Santosh Kumar Tripathi, Standing
Counsel for GNCTD, R-2 Mr. Rakesh Chaudhary and Mr. Sushaar Chaudhary, Advocates for
Mr. Aditya Singla, Advocate for R-3 with Mr. Ritvik Saha, Ms. Saakshi Garg and Mr. Raghav Bakshi, Date of Decision: 30th April, 2024
1. Present public interest petition filed by the Petitioner seek Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011 (for short ‘2011 Regulations nicotine as ingredients in any food product
2. The first petition bearing compliance of judgment dated 10 Safety) v. Sugandhi Snuff King Pvt. Ltd. and Others 2003 was disposed of with liberty to file a fresh petition 3208/2024 was dismissed vide order dated absence of relevant empirical data showing usage of tobacco and nicotine as ingredients in pan masala Thereafter, the third Petitioner seeking identical prayers was March, 2024 with directions to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (‘FSSAI’) to treat the writ petition as same in accordance with law Petitioner.
3. Learned counsel for the Petitioner states that the Petitioner has not received any response to dated 18th March, 2024.
4. Learned counsel for the FSSAI, who appears on advance notice that the Petitioner undertakes to this Court that Present public interest petition, which is fourth in a series of petition, by the Petitioner seeks compliance with Regulation 2.3.[4] of 2011 Regulations’) which prohibits use of tobacco and nicotine as ingredients in any food product including pan masala The first petition bearing W.P.(C) No. 2939/2024 compliance of judgment dated 10th April, 2023 titled Commissioner (Food Safety) v. Sugandhi Snuff King Pvt. Ltd. and Others, 2023 SCC Online Del 2003 was disposed of vide order dated 28th February, 2024 ile a fresh petition. The second petition bearing dismissed vide order dated 04th March, 2024 pan masala and due to non-impleadment of necessary parties. third petition being W.P.(C) No. 4077/2024 Petitioner seeking identical prayers was disposed of vide ) to treat the writ petition as a representation and to decide the same in accordance with law after giving an opportunity of hearing to Learned counsel for the Petitioner states that the Petitioner has not received any response to her representation in accordance with March, 2024. Learned counsel for the FSSAI, who appears on advance notice Petitioner representation’s is under consideration. undertakes to this Court that the same shall be disposed of after giving an in a series of petition, Regulation 2.3.[4] of the Food ) which prohibits use of tobacco and including pan masala. 939/2024 filed seeking Commissioner (Food
February, 2024 as withdrawn The second petition bearing W.P.(C) No., 2024 on account of adment of necessary parties. /2024 filed by the disposed of vide order dated 18th representation and to decide the after giving an opportunity of hearing to the Learned counsel for the Petitioner states that the Petitioner has not representation in accordance with the order Learned counsel for the FSSAI, who appears on advance notice, states consideration. He assures and disposed of after giving an opportunity of hearing
5. Recording the aforesaid undertaking, the present disposed of with a direction to representation in accordance with law, preferably, within six weeks. left open.
APRIL 30, 2024 opportunity of hearing to the Petitioner. the aforesaid undertaking, the present th a direction to FSSAI to decide the Petitioner’s in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible within six weeks. The rights and contentions of all the parties are ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH rhc the aforesaid undertaking, the present writ petition is to decide the Petitioner’s as expeditiously as possible, The rights and contentions of all the parties are ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J