New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- The Supreme Court has restored the registration certificate granted to Crystal Crop Protection Ltd for the import and manufacture of the insecticide Halosulfuron methyl, setting aside a Delhi High Court judgment that had cancelled the registration.
A Bench of Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B. Varale allowed the company's appeal and quashed the May 29, 2026 judgment of the Delhi High Court Division Bench.
The dispute arose after the Registration Committee, in its meeting held on July 23, 2021, granted Crystal Crop Protection registration under Section 9(3) of the Insecticides Act, 1968. The approval covered the import of Halosulfuron methyl technical 98% and the indigenous manufacture of its formulation, Ha...