{"id":40986,"date":"2016-01-19T16:10:14","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T10:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40986"},"modified":"2016-01-20T03:10:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T21:40:46","slug":"sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sub-standard&#8217; supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mediumcontent\">\n<div class=\"right-story-container\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_37785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37785\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37785\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37785\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-gives-bail-to-retired-cop-in-harassment-case\/bombay-high-court-16\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bombay High court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37785 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"'Sub-standard' supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Sub-standard&#8217; supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bombay High Court will begin from February 8 final hearing on a petition alleging supply of sub-standard chikki (snack) in schools run by the Maharashtra government.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after the alleged scam came to light, the Maharashtra government formed a high-power committee to go into purchases of various commodities, including chikki, made by departments on rate contract basis in the last 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>A division bench of justices V M Kanade and Revati Mohite Dere said it will hear on February 8 and 9 the PIL filed by Sandeep Ahire and others seeking inquiry by a retired high court judge into the alleged Rs 206-crore chikki scam for which Women and Child Development Minister Pankaja Munde had come under fire.<\/p>\n<p>The petition alleges that clay and mud particles were found in chikki supplied to students in state-run schools.<\/p>\n<p>Advocate General Srihari Aney had earlier denied the allegation and said &#8220;no clay particles were found in the sample sent to a reputed government lab in Ghaziabad&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The bench had earlier, in an interim order, restrained the Maharashtra government from distributing chikki to school students following complaints over its quality.<\/p>\n<p>The high court today said pending hearing of the petition the government should not make payments to the contractors who had supplied the chikki for free distribution to students of Anganwadis (primary schools in tribal areas).<\/p>\n<p>The committee, set up in November 2015, consists of Chief Secretary (of government), Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) and Principal Secretary (Industries).<\/p>\n<p>The panel would examine the purchases made by various departments, including chikki, on rate contract basis from 2001 to 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"divclear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"more-news\">( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bombay High Court will begin from February 8 final hearing on a petition alleging supply of sub-standard chikki (snack) in schools run by the Maharashtra government. Soon after the alleged scam came to light, the Maharashtra government formed a high-power committee to go into purchases of various commodities, including chikki, made by departments on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38299,"featured_media":37785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[35342,47741,146,31987,117,80],"class_list":["post-40986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-sub-standard-supply-of-chikki-hc-to-begin-hearing","tag-bombay-high-court","tag-court","tag-featured","tag-law","tag-legal-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Sub-standard&#039; supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Bombay High Court will begin from February 8 final hearing on a petition alleging supply of sub-standard chikki (snack) in schools run by the - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Sub-standard&#039; supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Bombay High Court will begin from February 8 final hearing on a petition alleging supply of sub-standard chikki (snack) in schools run by the - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-19T10:40:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-01-19T21:40:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"259\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"194\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\"},\"headline\":\"&#8216;Sub-standard&#8217; supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-19T10:40:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-01-19T21:40:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing\"},\"wordCount\":284,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"'Sub-standard' supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing\",\"Bombay High Court\",\"Court\",\"featured\",\"Law\",\"Legal News\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Top Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing\",\"name\":\"'Sub-standard' supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-19T10:40:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-01-19T21:40:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Bombay High Court will begin from February 8 final hearing on a petition alleging supply of sub-standard chikki (snack) in schools run by the - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&ssl=1\",\"width\":259,\"height\":194},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/top-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"&#8216;Sub-standard&#8217; supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\",\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/news\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Sub-standard' supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","description":"The Bombay High Court will begin from February 8 final hearing on a petition alleging supply of sub-standard chikki (snack) in schools run by the - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Sub-standard' supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","og_description":"The Bombay High Court will begin from February 8 final hearing on a petition alleging supply of sub-standard chikki (snack) in schools run by the - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2016-01-19T10:40:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-01-19T21:40:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":259,"height":194,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing"},"author":{"name":"Legal India News","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26"},"headline":"&#8216;Sub-standard&#8217; supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing","datePublished":"2016-01-19T10:40:14+00:00","dateModified":"2016-01-19T21:40:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing"},"wordCount":284,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&ssl=1","keywords":["'Sub-standard' supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing","Bombay High Court","Court","featured","Law","Legal News"],"articleSection":["Top Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing","name":"'Sub-standard' supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&ssl=1","datePublished":"2016-01-19T10:40:14+00:00","dateModified":"2016-01-19T21:40:46+00:00","description":"The Bombay High Court will begin from February 8 final hearing on a petition alleging supply of sub-standard chikki (snack) in schools run by the - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&ssl=1","width":259,"height":194},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sub-standard-supply-chikki-hc-begin-hearing#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Top Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"&#8216;Sub-standard&#8217; supply of chikki: HC to begin hearing"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26","name":"Legal India News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/news"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38432,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supply-of-sub-standard-chikki-to-students-stopped-maha-to-hc","url_meta":{"origin":40986,"position":0},"title":"Supply of sub-standard chikki to students stopped: Maha to HC","author":"Legal India News","date":"July 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Maharashtra government today informed the Bombay High Court that it had stopped the supply of 'chikki' food snack to school students on July 10 following complaints that it was \"sub-standard\". The court was hearing a PIL filed by Sandeep Ahire seeking an inquiry by a retired high court judge\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Supply of sub-standard chikki to students stopped: Maha to HC","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":39894,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/post-chikki-row-new-policy-on-item-purchase-in-place-bombay-hc-told","url_meta":{"origin":40986,"position":1},"title":"Post Chikki row, new policy on item purchase in place,  Bombay HC told","author":"Legal India News","date":"November 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In view of allegations that sub-standard 'chikki' was supplied to government schools in Maharashtra, the state today told the Bombay High Court that a new policy has been formed which sets out procedures to be followed before purchasing such items. Advocate General Shrihari Aney informed a division bench of justices\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Post Chikki row, new policy on item purchase in place,  Bombay HC told","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sitamarhi.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":27157,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-bans-sand-excavation-in-drought-hit-areas-of-maharashtra","url_meta":{"origin":40986,"position":2},"title":"HC bans sand excavation in drought-hit areas of Maharashtra","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"March 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Maharashtra Government has been\u00a0restrained the Bombay High Court\u00a0from allowing excavation of sand in drought-hit villages, saying it would cause shortage of potable water for people and animals. The Court was hearing a petition filed by Rajendra Eknath Dhande, who sought a direction to the authorities to disallow sand excavation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43100,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bombay-hc-regulatory-body-monitor-water-level-dams","url_meta":{"origin":40986,"position":3},"title":"Bombay HC: regulatory body to monitor water level in dams","author":"Legal India News","date":"May 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) to constantly monitor water level in all the dams of the state to ensure enough water is available for drinking in the drought-hit state. The order was passed on a bunch of petitions urging adequate supply of water\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":48975,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dont-just-install-vc-facility-maintain-bombay-hc-govt","url_meta":{"origin":40986,"position":4},"title":"Don&#8217;t just install VC facility, maintain it too: Bombay HC to govt","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"July 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to not only install video conferencing facilities between courts and prisons but also maintain them for use in case of need. A bench of justices R M Savant and Sadhana Jadhav gave the direction while hearing a plea by an Aurangabad\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Don't just install VC facility, maintain it too: Bombay HC to govt","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/bombay-HC-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":48169,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/maha-govts-obligation-ensure-facilities-courts-bombay-hc","url_meta":{"origin":40986,"position":5},"title":"Maha govt&#8217;s obligation to ensure facilities to courts: Bombay HC","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"May 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bombay High Court has said it is Maharashtra government's obligation to provide adequate infrastructure and facilities to all courts and tribunals, and directed the state to take appropriate steps for it. The court also said that the government cannot deny proper infrastructure on the grounds of financial constraints. A\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Maha govt's obligation to ensure facilities to courts: Bombay HC","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/bhc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-aF4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}