Ghee Confirmed as Livestock Product: Court Upholds 1994 Notification Exemption from Procedural Requirements.

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....Market fee/mandi shulk - Whether ghee is a product of livestock - The majority opinion of the Full Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court upheld the validity of the 1994 notification, stating that "ghee" is indeed a "product of livestock." The High Court concluded that the notification under challenge was issued under Section 4 of the Act and not under Section 3, hence the procedural requirements of Section 3 were not applicable. - Now the Supreme Court agreed with the High Court's decision, emphasizing that "ghee" is derived from milk, which is a product of livestock, and therefore falls under the definition of "products of livestock" as per the Act.....