Britannia Industries Ltd. vs Bombay Agricultural Produce Mkt.C..

The Supreme Court interpreted 'Agricultural Produce' under Section 2(1)(a) of the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1963, affirming that sugar, edible oil, and vanaspati are included as agricultural produce. The Court upheld the High Court's ruling that sugar is a processed product of sugarcane, thus falling under the Act's definition, and clarified that the absence of the term 'manufacture' does not exclude it from being considered agricultural produce. The Court confirmed the applicability of the Act to these products and upheld the enforcement of market fees by the Agricultural Market Committee.