# Bombay HC fines Maharashtra FDA Rs 5 lakh over Pune shop license 2026-08-18T04:42:39+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration to pay Rs 5 lakh in compensation to Gurunanak Dairy and Sweets, a Pune sweets shop, for keeping its licence suspended despite a 98 percent compliance report. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad termed the regulator's policy 'strange' and 'perverse', and said the department had gone 'overboard'. The shop's licence was suspended on June 12 after a food safety officer raised concerns over sanitation and staff hygiene following a food poisoning complaint. The shop submitted a compliance report, and a re-inspection on July 13 found it 98 percent compliant. Despite this, the FDA did not revoke the suspension, and the shop moved the high court, claiming it had lost Rs 8.74 lakh in revenue. The court permitted the shop to reopen and ordered the FDA to pay the compensation within a month. FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe said he would examine the order before responding, adding that the department would act according to the law. ## Coverage - ndtv.com - rediff.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-18T05:51:23+00:00. Tags: Bombay High Court, Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration, Pune Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/maharashtra-food-body-fined-rs-5-lakh-for-not-restoring-shop-license/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/maharashtra-food-body-fined-rs-5-lakh-for-not-restoring-shop-license/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/