State government rep by Food Safety Officer,Udumalpet vs A.Ramanathan — 666/2019

Case under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 Section 59(i). Disposed: Contested--Acquitted on 17th April 2026.

Case disposed

STC - Small Cause Calendar case / Summary Trial Case

CNR: TNTI170009222019

Filing Number

922/2019

Filing Date

07-Nov-2019

Registration No

666/2019

Registration Date

08-Nov-2019

Court

Judicial Magistrate No. I Court, Udumalpet

Judge

3-Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

Decision Date

17-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Acquitted

Last updated 19-Apr-2026

Acts & Sections

Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 Section 59(i)

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.State government rep by Food Safety Officer,Udumalpet

    Adv. APP

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.A.Ramanathan

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 17-Apr-2026

    Copy of JudgmentView PDF

    Summary The court acquitted A. Ramanathan (defendant), a bakery owner, of charges under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Section 59(i), finding that the government failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt. While the food analyst's report confirmed that tea dust samples contained unauthorized artificial coloring agents (making them "unsafe"), the court noted critical procedural failures including: massive delays in analysis (10+ months instead of the mandated 14 days), failure to examine the food analyst as a witness, contradictory testimonies from government witnesses, and insufficient evidence that the defendant knowingly sold unsafe food. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 17-Apr-2026

    Disposed

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  4. 06-Apr-2026

    Judgement

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  5. 30-Mar-2026

    Evidence

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  6. 26-Mar-2026

    Evidence

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  7. 24-Mar-2026

    Evidence

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  8. 17-Mar-2026

    Evidence

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  9. 09-Mar-2026

    Questioning

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  10. 04-Mar-2026

    Copy of Deposition / WitnessView PDF

  11. 04-Mar-2026

    Questioning

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  12. 02-Mar-2026

    Evidence

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  13. 16-Feb-2026

    Evidence

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  14. 28-Jan-2026

    Evidence

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  15. 30-Dec-2025

    Evidence

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  16. 19-Nov-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  17. 17-Nov-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  18. 03-Nov-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  19. 08-Oct-2025

    Copy of Deposition / WitnessView PDF

  20. 08-Oct-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  21. 08-Sep-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  22. 07-Aug-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  23. 21-Jul-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  24. 18-Jun-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  25. 28-May-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  26. 24-Apr-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  27. 21-Apr-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  28. 07-Apr-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  29. 10-Mar-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  30. 05-Mar-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  31. 24-Feb-2025

    Copy of Deposition / WitnessView PDF

  32. 24-Feb-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  33. 29-Jan-2025

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  34. 13-Dec-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  35. 27-Nov-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  36. 06-Nov-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  37. 10-Oct-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  38. 12-Sep-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  39. 22-Aug-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  40. 23-Jul-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  41. 13-Jun-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  42. 03-May-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  43. 19-Mar-2024

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  44. 27-Dec-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  45. 09-Nov-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  46. 29-Sep-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  47. 10-Aug-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  48. 15-Jun-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  49. 27-Apr-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  50. 09-Mar-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  51. 19-Jan-2023

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  52. 15-Dec-2022

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  53. 10-Nov-2022

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  54. 18-Oct-2022

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  55. 17-Aug-2022

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  56. 27-Jun-2022

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  57. 19-May-2022

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  58. 27-Apr-2022

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  59. 08-Mar-2022

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  60. 31-Jan-2022

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  61. 17-Dec-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  62. 12-Nov-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  63. 30-Sep-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  64. 16-Aug-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  65. 28-Jun-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  66. 13-May-2021

    Trial

    Judicial Magistrate No. I, Udumalpet

  67. 25-Mar-2021

    Trial

  68. 25-Feb-2021

    Trial

  69. 25-Jan-2021

    Trial

  70. 28-Dec-2020

    Trial

  71. 10-Nov-2020

    Trial

  72. 18-Sep-2020

    Trial

  73. 31-Jul-2020

    Trial

  74. 12-Jun-2020

    Trial

  75. 15-May-2020

    Trial

  76. 27-Apr-2020

    Trial

  77. 16-Mar-2020

    Trial

  78. 17-Feb-2020

    Trial

  79. 04-Jan-2020

    Trial

  80. 26-Dec-2019

    Questioning

  81. 17-Dec-2019

    Questioning

  82. 08-Nov-2019

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  83. 07-Nov-2019

    Case filed

    Registration No. 666/2019

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The court acquitted A. Ramanathan (defendant), a bakery owner, of charges under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Section 59(i), finding that the government failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt. While the food analyst's report confirmed that tea dust samples contained unauthorized artificial coloring agents (making them "unsafe"), the court noted critical procedural failures including: massive delays in analysis (10+ months instead of the mandated 14 days), failure to examine the food analyst as a witness, contradictory testimonies from government witnesses, and insufficient evidence that the defendant knowingly sold unsafe food. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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