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The Kerala High Court has now found in favour of the two companies, ruling that only the central government has the power to ban food products.

Hi, I can not well understand this sentence, could you help to analysis the sentence, especially the word "found in favour of", thanks
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the court has now found in favour of the two companies = the court has now decided that the companies are right. The companies won the court case, and the court decided that only the central government can ban food products.
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the court has now found in favour of the two companies = the court has now decided that the companies are right. The companies won the court case, and the court decided that only the central government can ban food products.
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Hi, I still can not understand the usage of the high lighted word found here, could you pls explain it to me, thanks
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