Gujarat & Cuttack HC grants stay against DRI's coercive action for 'pre-import' condition violation

Gujarat & Cuttack HC grants stay against proceedings initiated by DRI for breach/non-compliance of pre-import condition imposed vide Notification No. 79/2017-Customs and DGFT Notification No. 33/2015-20 both dated October 13, 2017; Petitioners challenged said condition as being unconstitutional, ultra vires the powers of DGFT and wholly arbitrary, unreasonable and non-workable while stating that inquiries instituted by DRI caused enormous hardship; Sep...