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food adulteration cases- prevention of food adulteration Act- impleading manufac tuers and dealers - question of successive warranty.

1990 (1) KLT 572, Chandak V. Food Inspector the division bench of Kerala Honoura ble Court held that, successive warranties are allowed as per the provisions of PFA Act. This would help the poor vendors to implead their successive dealers an d distributors. 1979 Crl L J 969, Municipal Corporation of Delhi V. R Sahai and Other the three Bench decision of the Apex Court clarifies that, the jurisdiction under section 20A of the PFA Act can be exercised only during the trial.

2000 SCC (Cri) 1, Omprakash Shivprakash V. K I Kuriakose and Others that, the po wer to implead a dealer, Manufacturer or distributor under Section 20A of Preven tion of Food Adulteration can neither be invoked before the stage of adducing ev idence in the trial nor after the conclusion of the trial. It is further held th at, the trial for the offences under the Act begins when under section 251 Crpc the M gistrate asks the accused whether he pleads guilty or not.

2010 2 KLT 206 (Ayankali Nadar & Sons V. Sivasankara Pillai) It is stated in the said decision by a Single Bench of High Court of Kerala that, only if there is evidence, then only the person can be impleaded as per section 20A of PFA Act.

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