https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=178572 Import of a protected Appendix I specimen required compliance with the treaty-based permit regime, and conditional domestic permissions did not become operative without the necessary CITES clearance. The Scientific Authority had to make an independent assessment that the import would not harm the species, while the Management Authority had to ensure the specimen was not for primarily commercial use. The approval process therefore involved more than a narrow commercial-purpose inquiry, and both authorities had a mandatory role before import could be sustained. en-us Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 10:20:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=178572 Import of a protected Appendix I specimen required compliance with the treaty-based permit regime, and conditional domestic permissions did not become operative without the necessary CITES clearance. The Scientific Authority had to make an independent assessment that the import would not harm the species, while the Management Authority had to ensure the specimen was not for primarily commercial use. The approval process therefore involved more than a narrow commercial-purpose inquiry, and both authorities had a mandatory role before import could be sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=178572