STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Vs. RAJ MARKETING

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This appeal by State of Maharashtra is directed against the judgment and order dated 08.12.2006 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in Writ Petition No. 2982 of 2006 whereby the High Court allowed the writ petition of the Ist Respondent herein.

(2.) The issue involved in this appeal is whether Candy man, Minto-Fresh, Kitchens of India, Badam Halwa and Ashirvaad Atta etc. can be considered as a "wholesale package" within the definition of the expression "wholesale package" under Rule 2(x) of the Standards of Weights and Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 1977 (hereinafter referred to as "the Rules").

(3.) Brief facts: