Case Law Analysis
|Allahabad High Court
Section 2(ix)(k) PFA Act | Prosecutions Under Repealed PFA Act Must Be Quashed Post-FSS Act, 2006 : Allahabad HC
Allahabad HC quashes 20-year-old prosecutions under the repealed Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, ruling that continuing proceedings under a repealed statute constitutes abuse of process. The judgment mandates quashing of all pending PFA Act cases post-enactment of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, impacting food industry stakeholders facing legacy prosecutions.