“Ghee” is “livestock” product – regulation and sale in the notified market areas – Interesting question – AP (Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets Act, 1966
The Andhra Pradesh (Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets Act, 1966. The Government Notification dated 5.7.1994 notifying “ghee” as one of the products of livestock for regulation of purchase and sale of “ghee”.
One of the challenges was that “Ghee” is not livestock product.
HELD that “livestock” is defined under Section 2(v) of the Market Act as “cows and buffaloes”. Ghee is the product of milk which is a product of the livestock. All animal husbandry products would fall within the meaning of products of “livestock”. Inclusion of “ghee” as a livestock produce cannot be faulted merely because it is derived from another dairy product. Ghee is derived out of milk by undergoing a process, yet it still remains a product of livestock for the purposes of Act and payment of market fee.
Judgment dated 5.3.2024 in Civil Appeal No.6493 of 2014 of Sangam Milk Producer Company Limited Vs. The Agricultural Market Committee and others
The Andhra Pradesh (Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets Act, 1966. The Government Notification dated 5.7.1994 notifying “ghee” as one of the products of livestock for regulation of purchase and sale of “ghee”.
One of the challenges was that “Ghee” is not livestock product.
HELD that “livestock” is defined under Section 2(v) of the Market Act as “cows and buffaloes”. Ghee is the product of milk which is a product of the livestock. All animal husbandry products would fall within the meaning of products of “livestock”. Inclusion of “ghee” as a livestock produce cannot be faulted merely because it is derived from another dairy product. Ghee is derived out of milk by undergoing a process, yet it still remains a product of livestock for the purposes of Act and payment of market fee.
Judgment dated 5.3.2024 in Civil Appeal No.6493 of 2014 of Sangam Milk Producer Company Limited Vs. The Agricultural Market Committee and others
