Case Law Analysis
|Karnataka High Court
Essential Commodities Act Sections 3 & 7 | FSL Report Not Mandatory to Prove PDS Diversion: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has held that the absence of a Forensic Science Laboratory report does not invalidate prosecution for illegal diversion of essential commodities under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. This removes a de facto evidentiary barrier for food inspectors and prosecutors, reinforcing that possession and unexplained origin of PDS stock can sustain charges without scientific verification.