#legal metrology

The court held that prosecuting a company officer without arraying the company as accused and without showing a nomination under Section 49 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 constitutes an abuse of process. This ruling clarifies vicarious liability requirements under the Act and protects officers from unwarranted prosecution.

The Uttarakhand State Consumer Commission ruled that selling packaged goods with falsely declared weight constitutes an unfair trade practice under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. The reduction of compensation from ₹50,000 to ₹40,000 after physical verification sets a precedent for evidence-based remedies in consumer weight fraud cases, affecting FMCG manufacturers and retail distributors nationwide.