In one of the major financial penalties in recent cases, a Judicial Magistrate First Class Court in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, imposed a total fine of Rs 34 lakh on importing firm Ador Welding Ltd and 16 of its directors and officials for violating mandatory BIS standards.
Mumbai: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on Monday said courts in Maharashtra, Kerala and Odisha have penalised several firms for violating mandatory safety and quality norms, as part of a nationwide crackdown on substandard manufacturing and fraudulent quality certification.
The courts have penalised multiple firms for violating mandatory safety and quality standards under the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act, 2016.
BIS, India’s national standards body, urged manufacturers, importers, and retailers to strictly adhere to Quality Control Orders (QCOs), mandatory ISI marking requirements, and gold hallmarking provisions.
It warned that non-compliance is a punishable offence under the BIS Act, 2016, carrying heavy fines, forfeiture of goods, and imprisonment.
The statement said the court orders followed nationwide enforcement raids by the BIS targeting non-compliant industrial products, unhallmarked gold jewellery and counterfeit packaged drinking water.
In one of the major financial penalties in recent cases, a Judicial Magistrate First Class Court in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, imposed a total fine of Rs 34 lakh on importing firm Ador Welding Ltd and 16 of its directors and officials for violating mandatory BIS standards.
On October 15, 2026, the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Thrissur, Kerala, ordered the forfeiture of 162 metric tonnes of hollow structural steel sections manufactured under the brand name DEMAC.
The court also fined New Malayalam Steel Pvt Ltd and two associated individuals Rs 2 lakh each, totalling Rs 6 lakh, for displaying the BIS Standard Mark (IS 4923) without a valid licence.
Regarding counterfeit ISI Marks and unhallmarked gold, the BIS statement said the crackdown also targeted consumer goods.
In Bhiwandi, Nilesh Jayram Patil, proprietor of Shree Samarth Water Suppliers, was convicted and fined Rs 2 lakh after pleading guilty to printing unauthorized ISI marks on packaged drinking water pouches.
Meanwhile, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Hindustan Jewellers deposited a court-ordered fine of Rs 3 lakh, following the seizure of 138.80 grams of unhallmarked gold jewellery, including earrings, chains, necklaces, pendants, bracelets, and bangles.