In a major relief for Nestle India, the Bombay High Court today lifted the nationwide ban imposed on the sale of Maggi noodles. The ban was lifted with the condition that manufacturing and selling would be allowed only after fresh tests.<br/><br/>A division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice Burgess Colabawalla was hearing a petition filed by Nestle against food safety regulator's June 5 order banning nine variants of Maggi, and Maharashtra government's order prohibiting their sale after samples tested allegedly high for lead content.<br/><br/><br/>Setting aside the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India's (FSSAI) order on Maggi ban, the Bombay High Court said "principles of natural justice" and procedures were not followed while passing orders. The high court also said that laboratories where tests were performed were not authorised.<br/><br/>However, in public interest, the court asked Nestle to submit five samples of each variant of noodles to three accredited laboratories in Punjab, Hyderabad and Jaipur before it is allowed to manufacture the noodles.<br/><br/>The court said that if the content of lead is found within permissible limits then they can go ahead with the manufacture and sale. The court has given six weeks time to Nestle for conducting the tests.<br/><br/>Reaction on the verdict, the Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal has said whatever decision the Bombay High Court has taken on Maggi, will be in interest of the people.<br/><br/>Mrs Badal told reporters that the decision will help in removing the grey areas in manufacturing and testing of fast food.