New Delhi [India], The Delhi High Court has ordered a social media user, a woman, to remove a post by X alleging a centipede in Amul ice cream. He also prevented the woman and others from making such posts on social platforms.
This was stated by the Delhi High Court in an order on Thursday.
The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited moved against the user and sought an order to remove the post on X. The high court passed an ex parte order pointing out the non-appearance of the accused.
Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora ordered deletion of the social media post uploaded by them on accused Deepa Devi's X account titled @Deepadi11 within three days from the date of passing this order.
The High Court has restrained Deepa Devi and other accused from posting any content identical or similar to the said post on X or any other social media platform, including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, until further order.
"Defendants Nos. 1 and 2 are further restricted from publishing or causing to be published any content regarding the plaintiff or the plaintiff's product with respect to the incidents mentioned in the complaint, anywhere on the Internet or in print or electronic media until new date. orders," Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora said in an order passed on July 4.
Senior advocate Sunil Dalal for the plaintiff federation submitted that the plaintiff has employed numerous stringent quality checks at every stage, from procurement of raw milk from farmers to manufacturing of ice cream at the plaintiff's modern ISO plant. -certified plants, up to the loading of finished products into specially designed temperature-controlled refrigerated vans.
It was also stated that the strict quality controls completely and absolutely ensure that no physical, bacterial or chemical contamination is introduced into the product and also ensures that each product meets the standards set by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India ( FSSAI).
Furthermore, he stated that rigorous inspections are carried out at every stage, from milking cattle to packing and loading, and rigorous quality inspection is carried out. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for any foreign substance, let alone an insect, to be present in a tub of AMUL ice cream packed on the premises.
The High Court noted that a representative met the accused but they refused to hand over the tub of Amul ice cream in question so that it could be analyzed to verify their claims.
It was submitted that the plaintiff was willing to investigate the matter to ascertain the veracity of the claims of defendants 1 and 2. However, they refused to make the said vat of ice cream available to the plaintiff's officials.
Respondents no. 1 and 2 did not appear in court despite the summons.
The court said it is a matter of record that plaintiff's counsel provided defendants with an advance copy of the lawsuit file in June 2024 prior to its first listing on June 28; However, none appeared to them on June 28 or July 1.
The matter is scheduled for hearing on July 22.
This was stated by the Delhi High Court in an order on Thursday.
The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited moved against the user and sought an order to remove the post on X. The high court passed an ex parte order pointing out the non-appearance of the accused.
Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora ordered deletion of the social media post uploaded by them on accused Deepa Devi's X account titled @Deepadi11 within three days from the date of passing this order.
The High Court has restrained Deepa Devi and other accused from posting any content identical or similar to the said post on X or any other social media platform, including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, until further order.
"Defendants Nos. 1 and 2 are further restricted from publishing or causing to be published any content regarding the plaintiff or the plaintiff's product with respect to the incidents mentioned in the complaint, anywhere on the Internet or in print or electronic media until new date. orders," Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora said in an order passed on July 4.
Senior advocate Sunil Dalal for the plaintiff federation submitted that the plaintiff has employed numerous stringent quality checks at every stage, from procurement of raw milk from farmers to manufacturing of ice cream at the plaintiff's modern ISO plant. -certified plants, up to the loading of finished products into specially designed temperature-controlled refrigerated vans.
It was also stated that the strict quality controls completely and absolutely ensure that no physical, bacterial or chemical contamination is introduced into the product and also ensures that each product meets the standards set by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India ( FSSAI).
Furthermore, he stated that rigorous inspections are carried out at every stage, from milking cattle to packing and loading, and rigorous quality inspection is carried out. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for any foreign substance, let alone an insect, to be present in a tub of AMUL ice cream packed on the premises.
The High Court noted that a representative met the accused but they refused to hand over the tub of Amul ice cream in question so that it could be analyzed to verify their claims.
It was submitted that the plaintiff was willing to investigate the matter to ascertain the veracity of the claims of defendants 1 and 2. However, they refused to make the said vat of ice cream available to the plaintiff's officials.
Respondents no. 1 and 2 did not appear in court despite the summons.
The court said it is a matter of record that plaintiff's counsel provided defendants with an advance copy of the lawsuit file in June 2024 prior to its first listing on June 28; However, none appeared to them on June 28 or July 1.
The matter is scheduled for hearing on July 22.