Bombay High Court on Friday 3rd Oct 08 set aside all the orders of the FDA in respect of the Bhiwandi Mumbai Warehouse of Subhiksha. FDA had in August this year passed orders of cancellation of license against 3 of Subhiksha’s Vendors and a 20 day suspension order on Subhiksha itself. The orders of FDA were originally stayed by the High courton 15th Aug and subsequent to the hearings the Court yesterday set aside the FDA orders against all 4 companies as bad in law . Further in respect of Subhiksha the Court was of the view that though theorder passed by Commissioner could not be sustained the court remanded the matterto the Commissioner with the direction to decide the matter in accordance with law.

Subhiksha’s stance that there was nothing wrong with its warehouse operations or the hygiene of the products sold by it and that justice would be done by the High Court has been vindicated by these orders of the High court. Subhiksha, the country's largest supermarket chain,and rated as amongst India's most trusted service brands, remains committed, as always, to providing only the best quality products at the lowest prices.

Welcoming the judgement Mr Subramaniam said "We had challengedthe suspension order against our Bhiwandi warehouse andhad full faith in the Bombay High court.The judgement has completely vindicated our stance."

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Subhiksha is India’s largest retail chain today. Started as a single store entity in South Chennai and the promise of consistently low prices on everything as its rock solid foundation, the Subhiksha brand today has grown to over 1,480 stores in 12 states and over 100 cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Agra, Cochin, Kolkata etc. Its name inspires trust and its consumers rely on it through all times to deliver large savings as compared to any other retail chain or stand alone mom and pop stores. Subhiksha focuses on the concept of constantly sustainable low pricing so that regular customers see the same low prices month after month (below MRP) and are able to buy with the assurance that they stand to save on any given basket of household goods on any day. It operates 4 business verticals: Supermarket (Groceries), Fruits and Vegetables, Pharmaceuticals and telecom. Subhiksha Mobile stores constitute of 800 stores nationally. Subhiksha also plans to enter the consumer durables retailing arena with over 2 mn sq ft over the next year anda half.