Hotels, Restaurants Can Sell Bottled Water Above MRP, Rules SC
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 IST
A bench led by Justice Rohinton F Nariman held that provisions of Legal Metrology Act will not be applicable in selling bottled water in hotels and restaurants and therefore, no prosecution can be launched against them for selling above MRP.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that hotels and restaurants are not bound by the maximum retail price (MRP) when they sell bottled mineral water.
A bench led by Justice Rohinton F Nariman held that provisions of Legal Metrology Act will not be applicable in selling bottled water in hotels and restaurants and therefore, no prosecution can be launched against them for selling above MRP.
The court noted that composite elements of sale and service are there in hotels and restaurants where consumers also enjoy ambience, invested into by these commercial establishments.
It rejected the government’s argument that even a sale in hotels would require mandatory compliance with the provision of the Act and that there would be jail term and fine for selling above MRP.
Earlier, in its affidavit in response to a petition filed by the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI), the Ministry of Consumer Affairs said that overcharging for pre-packed or prepackaged products was an offence under the Legal Metrology Act.
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