said two pre-packaged commodity samples, the complaint has been lodged for violation
of Rule 18[2A] of the Legal Metrology [Packaged Commodities] Rules ... appear in two samples
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of an identical pre-packaged commodity. Had two different maximum retail prices [MRPs]
been occurred
said two pre-
packaged commodity samples, the complaint has been lodged for violation of Rule 18[2A] of
the Legal Metrology [Packaged Commodities] Rules ... price have to appear in two samples
of an identical pre-packaged commodity. Had two different maximum retail prices [MRPs]
been occurred in two identical
commodity
contained in the package or where the commodity is
packed or sold by number, the
number of the commodity contained in the package
shall ... Legal Metrology Act,
2009 read as under:
18. Declarations on pre-packaged
commodities:- (1) No person shall manufacture,
pack, sell, import, distribute, deliver, offer, expose
prescribes various
declarations to be made on a package containing any pre-packaged commodity
as prescribed. Section 52 empowers the Central Government to make rules ... enforce standards of weights and measures
especially with regard to pre-packaged commodities.
11. By virtue of the power conferred by Section 52(1) read
pre-packed or imported shall be
mentioned in the package.
Provided that for packages containing food
articles, the provisions of the Food Safety ... deals with declarations on pre-packaged commodities. Rule
4 deals with Regulation for pre-packing and sale etc., of
commodities in packaged form. Rule
other document, or
(d) indicate the net quantity of a pre-packaged
commodity, or
(e) express in relation to any transaction or
protection, any quantity
other document, or
(d) indicate the net quantity of a pre-packaged
commodity, or
(e) express in relation to any transaction or
protection, any quantity
Section 36 of the Act provides a penalty for selling non-
standard packages. The Rules and the Act provide for information
that ... sold,
distributed, delivered or otherwise transferred, offered,
exposed for sale nay pre-packaged commodity which does
not conform to the declarations on the package
Delhi Sarkari Ration Dealers Sangh ... vs Commissioner Food And Supplies Govt Of ... on 19 May
Diageo Brands B.V. & Anr. vs Alcobrew Distilleries India Pvt Ltd on 19 December
