Guwahati, Aug. 8 -- The Delhi High Court has quashed two criminal complaints related to the 2015 Maggi noodles controversy, along with the trial court's summoning orders and subsequent proceedings, holding that continuing the cases would amount to an abuse of the process of law.

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

The court noted that the foundation of the prosecution had been significantly weakened by subsequent judicial developments, including the Bombay High Court's decision to lift the nationwide ban on Maggi, Supreme ...