H&M given temporary relief in Delhi High Court case

By

Isabelle Crossley

Published
Jul 18, 2018

The Delhi government has filed criminal charges against Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) for allegedly failing to adhere to regulations when describing the length of a garment but the Delhi High Court has given temporary relief to H&M.

H&M won temporary relief in its ongoing court case with the Delhi government as the Delhi High Court stated that proceedings will stay in a lower court until the High Court has a hearing on October 15. The court case came about as the Delhi government has accused H&M of flouting the Legal Metrology (Packed Commodities) Rules, 2011 for garment labelling.

The Delhi government alleges that H&M had labelled the length of a garment as “122cm” and not the required “1.22 metres” which it claims is a labelling violation.

The alleged garment was found in an H&M store in Delhi in May 2016 but the lower court summons were only issued recently. In response to this, H&M took the matter to the High Court.

A spokesperson for H&M India told the Economic Times: “Since this is an ongoing matter in court, we will not be able to comment on the case.”

H&M made its case to the High Court that the law in question about garment labelling only refers to pre-packaged garments and, as it sells loose garments, the law does not apply.