Overview
- A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi declined to entertain a plea challenging India’s packaged drinking water norms.
- The petition targeted FSSAI and BIS limits for antimony and DEHP, seeking alignment with World Health Organization and other international benchmarks.
- Chief Justice Kant described the case as urban‑centric and questioned the feasibility of importing US, EU or other developed‑country standards.
- The court allowed petitioner Sarang Vaman Yadwadkar to withdraw the case with liberty to file representations before the competent authorities, including FSSAI.
- Petitioners cited public‑health risks from chemicals leaching from plastic into water and invoked Section 18 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, but no judicial review of the standards was undertaken.