Has No Sanction Of Law: Rajasthan HC Sets Aside Proceedings Initiated Under Prevention Of Food Adulteration Act After Its Repeal

Rajasthan High Court quashed and set aside proceedings that were initiated in 2011 under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (“PF Act”) which already got repealed in 2010 and was followed by the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (“FSSA”).The bench of Justice Farjand Ali highlighted that even the cognizance of the offence was taken by Judicial Magistrate under the PF Act...