https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325519 Under the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003, a timber consignment had to be supported by an original phytosanitary certificate from the country of origin, and pre-export fumigation was mandatory. The certificate in question was found by the foreign authorities to be fraudulent, and later fumigation in India could not cure non-compliance with the export-side requirement. Relaxation was permissible only for cogent reasons and in public interest, which was absent here. The challenge failed and the impugned refusal to permit the consignment to remain in India was upheld. en-us Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 05 Nov 2016 16:51:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325519 Under the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003, a timber consignment had to be supported by an original phytosanitary certificate from the country of origin, and pre-export fumigation was mandatory. The certificate in question was found by the foreign authorities to be fraudulent, and later fumigation in India could not cure non-compliance with the export-side requirement. Relaxation was permissible only for cogent reasons and in public interest, which was absent here. The challenge failed and the impugned refusal to permit the consignment to remain in India was upheld. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325519