High Court Rules Flavoured Milk as Milk, Not Beverage for GST
In a significant ruling, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has sided with Dodla Dairy Limited, determining that flavoured milk should be classified under GST Tariff Heading 0402 99 90, which attracts a 5% tax rate, rather than under Heading 2202 99 30, which carries a 12% rate. This decision overturns a previous demand by the […]
High court relief to AR dairy stays order cancelling license
Granting interim stay on an order suspending the licence of AR Dairy Food Private Limited, Madras high court on Friday said that the order will operate only for products relating to ghee and skimmed milk powder and will not operate with respect to other products being manufactured by the company. The court was hearing a petition filed by AR Dairy Food […]
Andhra High Court lowers GST to 5% for badam milk
The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently ruled that badam ‘flavoured milk’ is not a beverage but is classifiable under a specific entry as ‘milk.’ The matter highlights a yet another classification issue under the goods and services tax (GST) regime, that reached the courts and baffled both the dairy industry and the taxpayers. Simply put, […]
Fate of dairy farms in limbo as Delhi High court weighs health concerns
The future of hundreds of dairy farms in Ghazipur and Bhalswa, where two of the city’s three landfill sites are located, hangs in the balance with the Delhi High Court scrutinising their compliance with legal and environmental standards. Late last month, the court had remarked that there was a need to shift Ghazipur and Bhalswa […]
Ramp up testing of food products: Delhi High Court to FSSAI
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stressed the need to ramp up testing of food products in the national capital to ascertain their quality, saying the food cycle has become “corrupted” and being the apex body, the FSSAI needs to take steps to ensure that there is enough testing. “The FSSAI needs to ramp up […]
High Court notice to Centre on petition against use of Oxytocin for increasing milk production
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice of motion to the Union of India, among others, on a petition filed in public interest seeking action against dairy farmers “brutally causing cruelty to cows/cattle by using drugs as Oxytocin for increasing milk production for monetary benefits”. The notice by Division Bench of Acting Chief […]
Don’t take coercive action on Jaipur dairy officials: HC to cops
A single bench of Rajasthan High Court on Saturday directed the police not to take coercive action against the dairy officials in the FIR registered against them at Chaksu police station in a case related to the detection of unsafe milk from a collection centre at Kothun. The court has asked the state government to submit its reply by December 20. Also read : CID-CB to […]
Police cannot probe food safety complaints, says high court
High court says in cases of misbranded or substandard food articles, criminal cases cannot be registered by police The Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that in cases of misbranded and substandard food articles, criminal cases can’t be registered by police. The high court bench of justice Jasjit Singh Bedi quashed a criminal case […]
No coercive action for using dairy terms by Plant based products Cos : HC
The Delhi High Court Friday protected five companies selling plant-based milk products, such as almond and oats milk, from any coercive steps pursuant to FSSAI orders directing action against them, including de-listing by e-commerce food business operators, if they used “dairy terms” for their goods. Justice Rekha Palli, who was hearing a batch of petitions […]
HC tells website to pull down article creating ‘fear psychosis’ against Amul milk products
The Delhi High Court has directed website ditchdairy.in to pull down an article that sought to target the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which manufactures and distributes well-known dairy brand Amul. GCMMF had alleged that the article intended to create “bias, fear psychosis and prejudice” in the minds of the public against milk and milk […]