PepsiCo potato variety registration (India)
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
The registration of PepsiCo's FL-2027 potato variety in India was revoked in 2021. The Delhi High Court upheld the revocation in 2023, and a division bench of the same court set it aside in 2024.
As reported by LiveLaw and PotatoPro; the registration's final status after the 2024 ruling is not given in the sources reviewed.
Status As of 2024: a Delhi High Court division bench set aside the 2021 revocation and restored PepsiCo's renewal application; no later outcome found in the sources reviewed.
What happened
The case concerns the registration of FL-2027, a potato variety of PepsiCo, in India. The registration was revoked in 2021.
In 2023 the Delhi High Court upheld the revocation, according to a LiveLaw report dated 2023.
In 2024 a division bench of the Delhi High Court set aside the 2021 revocation and restored PepsiCo's renewal application, according to PotatoPro and a LiveLaw report dated January 2024.
- 2021Registration of PepsiCo's FL-2027 potato variety revoked
- 2023Delhi High Court upholds the revocation (LiveLaw, 2023)
- 2024Delhi High Court division bench sets aside the revocation and restores the renewal application (LiveLaw, January 2024; PotatoPro, 2024)
What was said
Where accounts differ
Each party's account, side by side, with its source. The record does not settle these points; it shows them.
How it looked
Shown
In court and with insurers
Lawsuits and rulings
- 2023DismissedRevocation of PepsiCo's FL-2027 potato variety registration: Delhi High Court (2023)Delhi High Court · Appeal · PepsiCo (holder of the revoked registration) →
The court upheld the revocation of the registration of PepsiCo's potato variety. LiveLaw
- 2024Claimant wonRevocation of PepsiCo's FL-2027 potato variety registration: Delhi High Court division bench (2024)Delhi High Court (division bench) · Appeal · PepsiCo (holder of the revoked registration) →
The division bench set aside the 2021 revocation of the FL-2027 registration and restored the renewal application. PotatoPro
Insurers
What we don't know
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Accounts
- Disputed Was the revocation of the FL-2027 registration to stand?
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give the outcome of the restored renewal application.
Did the harm stop?
Who paid?
Sources
Press and investigations
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