The petitioners invoked the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC, contending that the very scientific basis of the prosecution had subsequently been undermined by a series of judicial and scientific developments. Delhi HC: Foundation of prosecution had substantially erodedThe High Court accepted the petitioners’ contention that the subsequent scientific and judicial developments could not be ignored while deciding whether the criminal proceedings should continue. It further argued that subsequent judgments concerning the nationwide Maggi ban did not automatically invalidate independent criminal prosecutions arising from samples separately collected in Delhi. The High Court, however, rejected the contention in the peculiar facts of the case. The ruling brings the decade-old Delhi criminal proceedings arising from the 2015 Maggi lead-content controversy to an end.