India, Aug. 18 -- The Bombay High Court set aside the food licence suspension after the Pune shop achieved 98% compliance with food safety requirements.

The Bombay High Court on Monday ordered the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pay Rs 5 lakh to a Pune sweets shop, observing that the regulator went "overboard" by continuing to suspend its food licence despite the establishment achieving 98 per cent compliance.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V Ghuge and Justice Gautam A Ankhad set aside the suspension imposed on Gurunanak Dairy and Sweets and allowed the establishment to resume operations. The compensation is to be paid within 30 days.

The court questioned why the FDA continued the suspension after its own r...