https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299239 Section 66 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 fastens company liability and extends responsibility to persons in charge of its business, but vicarious criminal liability of a nominee or officer ordinarily depends on the company being arraigned as an accused unless the statute clearly provides otherwise. Where the alleged manufacturer was the company, the company itself was not prosecuted, and no personal allegation was made against the nominee in an individual capacity, prosecution of the nominee alone was unsustainable. On that basis, the quashing application was allowed. en-us Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:23:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299239 Section 66 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 fastens company liability and extends responsibility to persons in charge of its business, but vicarious criminal liability of a nominee or officer ordinarily depends on the company being arraigned as an accused unless the statute clearly provides otherwise. Where the alleged manufacturer was the company, the company itself was not prosecuted, and no personal allegation was made against the nominee in an individual capacity, prosecution of the nominee alone was unsustainable. On that basis, the quashing application was allowed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299239