Authority: High Court at Calcutta, Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side

Order Date: 18 September 2026

Case Overview

  • Petitioners: M/S. Sonai Food Marketing Pvt. Ltd. & others (applicants) represented by Advocates Ramanand Agarwal, Nibedita Paul, Sonam Ray, and Ram Charan Agarwal.
  • Respondent: Sudipta Samanta, District Controller, Food & Supplies, Murshidabad, represented by the State.
  • Case Numbers: CPAN/342/2025 (contempt application) arising from earlier proceedings CPAN/342/2025 in WPA/9712/2022.
  • Background: The court had issued directions on 10 December 2024 requiring the issuance of a license. The petitioners submitted that these directions were fully complied and provided a copy of the license.
  • The court ordered that the license copy be kept with the record.
  • The contempt charges filed by the petitioners were found to have no remaining basis and were therefore dropped.

Final Outcome

  • The contempt application CPAN/342/2025 is dismissed with no order as to costs.

Topics: Legal Dispute, Food Industry Regulation, Court Order