Laser Printing On Mineral Water Bottle Legible: Kerala HC Quashes Case Against Kinley Booked For Illegible Packaging Details

Quashing a case against Hindustan Coca Cola Company under the Legal Metrology Rules concerning alleged illegible declaration about the packaging details of mineral water sold at a movie theatre, the Kerala High Court observed that it could not be said that the details in the form of laser printing were illegible or not prominent. A prosecution was initiated against Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Ltd. under Rule 9 of the Legal Metrology Rule, 2011. As per the prosecution case, the senior inspector of Legal Metrology Department had inspected the premises of Cinepolis in Kochi and found among other things that a bottle of Kinley packaged drinking water sold there did not contain prominent declaration regarding sale price, month and year of packaging. Case Title: Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Ltd. and Another v The Controller of Legal Metrology and Others Counsel for the Petitioner: Senior advocates Grashious Kuriakose and K. Jaju Babu, advocate Raju K. Mathews Counsel for the Respondent: Sr. PP Adv.