Delhi HC dismisses plea on milk adulteration, price hike

The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the city government to take immediate steps to prevent supply of synthetic milk in the city and to not hike the price of milk further.

A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw dismissed the plea filed by two social workers, Sharad Tiwari and Sanjeev Agnihotri, asking the court to constitute a monitoring committee to keep a watch on the cost of production of milk and its sale price.

It further asked that it should be ensured that the profit on milk is fixed after comparing the cost and sale price of the milk to control the price.

The public interest litigation (PIL), filed through advocate Sugreev Dubey, sought a direction that Mother Dairy and the government should not hike the price more than once in two years.

The plea said that over the last six years, the milk price has been increasing continuously and the government should be directed to fix the price of milk with reasonable profit to the traders.

It also said that government should prevent supply of synthetic milk or milk mixed with detergent in Delhi.