New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- The Delhi High Court has quashed two criminal complaints arising out of the 2015 nationwide Maggi Noodles controversy, along with the trial court's summoning orders and all consequential proceedings, holding that continuation of the prosecutions would amount to an abuse of the process of law after the very foundation of the cases had substantially eroded.

Justice Madhu Jain allowed petitions filed by Dharmendra Hansraj Kotak and others, setting aside the criminal complaints, the summoning orders dated November 6, 2015 and January 11, 2016, as well as all subsequent proceedings pending before the trial court.

The Court held that in light of subsequent judicial developments, including the Bombay High Court's decision ...