https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=91540 Nutmegs without shell were held not to fall within the list of goods freely importable as specific crude drugs under the relevant Public Notice, so they remained subject to the Export-Import Policy restriction. A general REP licence could not override that policy requirement or dispense with the need for a specific licence or endorsement for an item not expressly covered. The earlier Calcutta HC ruling on circulars was distinguished because the present dispute did not turn on those circulars. The import was therefore not covered by the REP licence, and the goods were treated as restricted. en-us Wed, 19 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:48:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=91540 Nutmegs without shell were held not to fall within the list of goods freely importable as specific crude drugs under the relevant Public Notice, so they remained subject to the Export-Import Policy restriction. A general REP licence could not override that policy requirement or dispense with the need for a specific licence or endorsement for an item not expressly covered. The earlier Calcutta HC ruling on circulars was distinguished because the present dispute did not turn on those circulars. The import was therefore not covered by the REP licence, and the goods were treated as restricted. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 19 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=91540