+ W.P. (C) 2644/ 2014
DANISCO (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED .... Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. ..... Respondents
Advocates who appeared in this case:
For the Petitioner : Mr Sandeep Sethi, Sr. Advocate with Mr Arjun Pall and Ms Ishita Bhardwaj
For the Respondents : Mr Mehmood Pracha for FSSAI
CORAM:-
HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU
JUDGMENT
VIBHU BAKHRU, J
1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking quashing of an email/communication dated 22.04.2014 (hereinafter referred to as the 'impugned communication') of Technical Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India whereby the petitioner's appeal, challenging the order refusing to grant a No-objection certificate (NOC) to the consignment imported by the petitioner, was rejected on the ground that the said consignment did not comply with the requirements prescribed under the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011. The petitioner has also sought a direction to respondent no.2 to issue a No-objection certificate (NOC) to the petitioner.
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2. The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 is hereinafter referred to as the 'FSS Act' and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India is hereinafter referred to as the 'FSSAI'. The Food Safety a