https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=167548 The court found that the refusal to grant an import license to the petitioner while granting licenses to similar firms for the same items constituted discrimination, violating Article 14 of the Constitution of India. Despite a preliminary objection on exhausting departmental remedies, the court held that fundamental rights take precedence. The judgment emphasized the importance of non-discriminatory practices in import licensing, leading to the quashing of the impugned orders and a directive for the issuance of the import license to the petitioner within two months. en-us Tue, 25 Sep 1984 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 11:24:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=167548 The court found that the refusal to grant an import license to the petitioner while granting licenses to similar firms for the same items constituted discrimination, violating Article 14 of the Constitution of India. Despite a preliminary objection on exhausting departmental remedies, the court held that fundamental rights take precedence. The judgment emphasized the importance of non-discriminatory practices in import licensing, leading to the quashing of the impugned orders and a directive for the issuance of the import license to the petitioner within two months. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 25 Sep 1984 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=167548