Bottled Water Can be Sold Above MRP: Supreme Court Rejects Government Plea
According to reports, a bench of Justice RF Nariman and Justice Navin Sinha found no merit in the plea .
Don't pick on a fight next time when you see any restaurant or hotel charging more than the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) for your bottled water. Reportedly, Supreme Court has observed that there is no prevailing law that prevents such a sale and has shot down the Central Government's plea to reconsider its judgment .
This comes on the back of, Consumer Affiars Minister Ram Vilas Paswan who said that the government would urge the apex court to review its decision. According to reports, a bench of Justice RF Nariman and Justice Navin Sinha found no merit in the plea .They observed that neither the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976, read with the Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985, or the Legal Metrology Act, 2009, would apply so as to interdict the sale of mineral water in hotels and restaurants at prices which are above the MRP.
The sale of bottled drinking water above the MRP has been a subject of huge debate since 2003 when the Hoteliers’ Association approached the Delhi High court challenging penal provisions of the law.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Mar 23, 2018 12:35 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).