DR. SHIVARAo SHANTARAM WAGLE & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

The Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court's decision to deny a writ of Mandamus against the release of 7500 cartons of Irish butter, imported for the Operation Flood Programme, despite concerns of nuclear contamination post-Chernobyl. The Court relied on the expert committee's report, which confirmed that the butter was safe for human consumption, and noted that the levels of radioactivity found were within permissible limits set by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. The Court dismissed the petitioners' objections, emphasizing that the scientific analysis conducted was accurate and that the petitioners' reliance on general opinions from scientists did not outweigh the expert findings.