SWADESI JAGARAN MANCH vs STATE OF ORISSA & ANR.

The Supreme Court allowed the transfer of multiple writ petitions from various High Courts to itself, specifically addressing the challenge to a notification prohibiting the sale and manufacture of non-iodised salt under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955. The Court emphasized the need for a uniform policy on iodisation and granted six months for reviewing the position on universal iodisation. The pending cases were delinked from the transferred matters, with directions for further orders after the review period.