‘Be fair to all’: Bombay High Court on ‘Mantralaya kitchen 98% okay’ report

3 min readUpdated: Jul 31, 2026 01:20 PM IST The Bombay High Court has asked the FDA to inspect the canteen at Mantralaya (state secretariat)The Bombay High Court on Friday ordered a team of four lawyers to inspect the canteen at Mantralaya (state secretariat) after the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed it that the inspection report showed 98 percent compliance. The High Court said that while it appreciates the FDA’s efforts, the authority should be “equal to all” and cannot target only private establishments for violations of food safety and hygiene norms. On Wednesday, July 29, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V Ghuge and Justice Gautam A Ankhad, while hearing a plea against the suspension of the FSSAI licence of a four-star Navi Mumbai hotel, remarked that