Subway questions constitutional validity of anti-profiteering provisions

Questions the authority over including it as respondent in a case against its franchisee

Subway Systems India Private Ltd, the licensee of the Subway brand in the country, on Monday questioned the National Anti-profiteering Authority in the Delhi High Court for making it a respondent in a case against its franchisee. 

Subway Systems also raised the issue of constitutional validity of setting up the authority without prescribing a methodology to calculate the profiteered amount, said Abhishek Rastogi, counsel of the company and partner at Khaitan & Co.

Other companies also raised the issue of constitutional validity of the authority. 

This particular case relates to the alleged profiteering by the franchisee after goods and services