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Front-of-pack label case: what the 28 September court order records

The Supreme Court recorded that arguments concluded and judgment was reserved. That order is not a final label rollout notice.

The Supreme Court’s 28 September order in 3S and Our Health Society v. Union of India records that arguments concluded and judgment was reserved.

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The order also gave the parties three days to file final written submissions. The cited record is a procedural order. It does not itself contain a final packaged-food warning design or an implementation timetable.

We checked this dated record for this report. It should not be read as confirmation of the case’s status on every later date. Any later judgment or regulatory notification needs its own review.

Sources: Supreme Court daily order: 3S and Our Health Society, 28 September 2026, reproduced by Indian Kanoon

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