Cancelling Pran's Licence
Why move not illegal
HC asks govt
The High Court yesterday issued a rule upon the government to explain in four weeks why its move to cancel Pran Group's licence for making fruit-flavoured drinks should not be declared illegal.
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) in October cancelled Pran's licence on charge of not using the minimum 10 percent fruit pulp required in the drinks.
The HC bench came up with the rule following a writ petition filed by the company yesterday challenging the legality of BSTI's action. The petitioner claimed that BSTI cancelled their licence without issuing any show cause notice.
Contacted, Deputy Attorney General Mokhlesur Rahman said concerned officials of commerce ministry and BSTI have been made respondents to the rule.
On November 4, the same HC bench issued a rule upon the government to explain why it should not be directed to stop production, marketing and sales of Pran's fruit-flavoured drinks, following a writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer Manzill Murshid claiming that there was no element of pure fruits in Pran's fruit-flavoured drinks.
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