A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw sought response from the railway ministry, chairman of railway board, director general (Railway Health Services) and also the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSA) and posted the matter for Oct 31.

The PIL filed by Sardar Jagjit Singh, a retired food inspector with the railways through advocate K.C. Mittal said that 23 million people travel by train in various parts of the country every day and the petition focuses on the prevailing appalling conditions of sale and supply of adulterated food stuffs to the Indian Railways.