TMI Blog2020 (9) TMI 82X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he goods sought for by the petitioner cannot be granted. It cannot be ignored that what the petitioner has chosen to import is a commodity in respect of which the Central Government, through the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), has issued Ext.P1 notification restricting imports with a view to safeguard the domestic industry. The minimum import price for the product imported is fixed as ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Court for the same. Petition dismissed. - WP (C). No. 15215 OF 2020 (B) - - - Dated:- 14-8-2020 - THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR FOR THE PETITIONER : ADVS. SRI.P.A.AUGUSTIAN SMT.SWATHY E.S. FOR THE RESPONDENT : ADV.SRI.SREELAL N WARRIER,SC JUDGMENT The petitioner herein states that he holds a valid import export code for import of food grains and ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ents herein. In the Writ Petition, the petitioner has produced as Ext.P3, the order of the Supreme Court that clearly reveals the interdiction by the Supreme Court against further proceedings by the HIgh Courts in the writ petitions involving the said issue. In the same order, the Supreme Court has also indicated that the request of the importers concerned for interim directions, would be taken up ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the Central Government, through the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), has issued Ext.P1 notification restricting imports with a view to safeguard the domestic industry. The minimum import price for the product imported is fixed as 200/- per kilo gram CIF and it is not in dispute that the price at which the petitioner imported the commodity is significantly lower than the minimum import ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ned, cannot seek any exceptional treatment by approaching this Court for relief, in matters where the Supreme Court has interdicted the High Courts from considering the legality of the notification. Although the learned counsel for the petitioner would rely on a decision of the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.1057 of 2019 (Commissioner of Customs Vs.M/S.Atul Automations Pvt. Ltd), I am of the vie ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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