India, Aug. 1 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday questioned the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its inspection report certifying staff canteens at Mantralaya and Vidhan Bhawan as "98% compliant", even as photographs submitted by court-appointed advocates showed allegedly unhygienic conditions at the establishments.

A division bench of acting chief justice Ravindra V Ghuge and justice Gautam Ankhad also asked the state government agency why private eateries with alleged food safety violations were being subjected to immediate licence suspensions, while government-run canteens were not.

The court was hearing two separate petitions, one filed by a representative of Park Inn by Radisson hotel in Navi Mumbai and another b...