New Delhi, July 2: Expressing concern over the availability and sale of adulterated milk across the country, the Supreme Court Tuesday said this has become a "sensitive" problem and needed to be checked.
The apex court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose inquired what action was being taken by the central and state governments to curb the menace.
"It is a sensitive issue," the court said, as petitioner's counsel Anurag Tomar told the court that the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has found that milk is adulterated even with detergents.
Tomar appeared for Swami Achyutanand Tirth, who is the head of Haridwar-based Bhuma Niketan Ashram.
The petition contended that "apathy and inaction" of the central and state governments in taking "effective and necessary" measures in curbing the sale of chemically-prepared and adulterated milk violated the fundamental right to life guaranteed under the constitution.
