‘Do you feel you are a lord?’ Bombay HC slams FDA, clears reopening of 5 eateries

The bench also questioned why the FDA acted with “undue haste” without fully analysing the legal position.NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on slammed the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA), warning of contempt action against officials after the department refused to lift the suspension of food licences of five restaurants at the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) premises despite a fresh inspection finding them 88% compliant with food safety rules.“Tired of scolding the department and officers,” the division bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad said the FDA had taken a “pedantic instead of pragmatic view” despite the court’s earlier direction to reconsider the matter. The court ultimately vacated the suspension orders, allowing the five eateries