The Restaurant Legal Guide — India 2026
Every licence your restaurant needs, every deadline that matters, and one simple monthly checklist — readable in 15 minutes.
What’s inside
FSSAI, Health/Trade, Eating House, Fire NOC, GST, Shops & Establishment, liquor, music and the four nobody tells you about — who issues each, and what happens if you skip it.
Official penalty amounts with the exact law they come from — the Rs 5 lakh FSSAI bracket, the Rs 100/day late fee, and the music licence miss that carries jail time.
Basic vs State vs Central by turnover — and why outlets that grew past Rs 12 lakh on a Basic registration get caught.
The exact checks an inspection starts with — including the violation most owners don't know is one.
The Rs 20 lakh threshold, the 5% rate, and the special rules when you sell on Zomato or Swiggy.
One list, 60/30-day alerts, one owner for the file — the system that prevents 90% of problems.
Tick these on the 1st of every month. Twenty minutes, coffee in hand.
You’ll walk away with
- ✓All 12 licences in one place, in plain language
- ✓Official penalty amounts, with the exact statute
- ✓A renewal calendar that prevents 90% of problems
- ✓A printable 12-point monthly checklist
Made for
- •Owners opening their first outlet
- •Cloud kitchens formalising operations
- •Brands expanding to new cities
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