# Delhi High Court Quashes Complaints in 2015 Maggi Case 2026-08-07T09:50:40+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Delhi High Court has quashed criminal complaints against food business operators linked to the 2015 Maggi noodles controversy. Justice Madhu Jain said later judicial developments and fresh testing had weakened the prosecution’s foundation, making a prolonged trial purposeless, Times Now News reports. The complaints concerned samples collected in May 2015 that were declared unsafe over lead levels above the permissible limit of 2.5 parts per million. The court considered a fresh analysis by the Central Food Technological Research Institute, proceedings before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, and similar orders from the Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand High Courts. The NCDRC had earlier recorded that tested Maggi samples fell within permissible lead limits. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com Tags: Delhi High Court, food safety, lead levels, Maggi, Nestlé India Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-high-court-quashes-complaints-in-2015-maggi-case/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-high-court-quashes-complaints-in-2015-maggi-case/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.