Supreme Court of India

M/s. Pepsi Foods Ltd. and Anr. v. Special Judicial Magistrate and Ors.

Neutral citation

Reported as [1997] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 12

Bench Sujata V. Manohar J.

Decided 4 November 1997

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

28 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

nstitution of India, 1950: Articles 2261227-Powers of High Court- Food Adulteration-Appeilants-Name lender to the beverage 'Lehar Pepsi'-Report by Analyst-Fungus present-Complaint by the consumer before Magistrate-Summons issued to the appellants-High Court dismissed the writ petition holding that sufficient remedy available under Cr. P. . Held, rigid approach by High Court-Miscarriage of justice-Power of superintendence under Article 227 is not only administrative but also judicial in nature-No bar for approaching the High Court under section 482 of the Code or Article 227 of the

Authorities it was built on

1959 Dr. B. K. Pal Chaudhry v. The State Oe Assam cited by 20

Where later benches applied it

2025 M/s Jm Laboratories and Others v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Another relied on
2024 Delhi Race Club (1940) Ltd. & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2024 Vikas Chandra v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2021 Ravindranatha Bajpe v. Mangalore Special Economic Zone Ltd. & Others Etc. relied on
2021 Kiran Devi v. The Bihar State Sunni Wakf Board & Ors. relied on
2021 Krishna Lal Chawla & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Anr. relied on
2019 Birla Corporation Limited v. Adventz Investments and Holdings Limited & Others relied on
2016 Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors. relied on
2015 Ramdev Food Products Private Limited v. State of Gujarat relied on
2015 Sanjaysinh Ramrao Chavan v. Dattatray Gulabrao Phalke and Others relied on
2012 Bhushan Kumar & Anr. v. State (nct of Delhi) & Anr. relied on
2025 Chirag Sen and Another Etc. v. State of Karnataka and Another referred to
2025 Jaideep Bose v. M/s Bid and Hammer Auctioneers Private Limited referred to
2025 Inox Air Products Limited Now Known as Inox Air Products Private Limited and Another v. The State of Andhra Pradesh referred to
2025 Inspector, Railway Protection Force, Kottayam v. Mathew K Cherian & Anr. referred to
2025 Kim Wansoo v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2024 Lalu Yadav v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2024 Sachin Garg v. State of U.p & Anr. referred to
2023 Anoop Bartaria & Etc v. Dy. Director Enforcement Directorate & Anr. referred to
2022 Sunita Palita & Others v. M/s Panchami Stone Quarry referred to
2021 Sunil Todi & Ors. v. State of Gujarat & Anr. referred to
2021 Bureau of Investigation (cbi) and Anr. v. Thommandru Hannah Vijayalakshmi @ T. H. Vijayalakshmi and Anr. referred to
2019 Saeeda Khatoon Arshi v. State of Up & Anr referred to
2015 Sonu Gupta v. Deepak Gupta & Ors. referred to
2013 Jitendra Raghuvanshi & Ors. v. Babita Raghuvanshi & Anr. referred to
2011 Dinesh Kumar v. Chairman, Airport Authority of India and Anr. referred to
2025 Manchu Mohan Babu v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Another mentioned
2019 State of Gujarat v. Afroz Mohammed Hasanfatta not applicable

Of those, 11 relied on · 15 referred to · 1 mentioned · 1 not applicable

Sign in free to read it

The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing

An email address, no password.