The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday said it would withdraw its order suspending the licences of five restaurants operating on the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) premises, after the Bombay High Court warned of stinging orders against officials for taking a "pedantic instead of pragmatic view" of the situation.
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad vacated the suspension after a fresh inspection report submitted by the FDA confirmed that the eateries, located in the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) area, were 88 per cent compliant with food safety rules.
