https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284160 The Kerala HC upheld notifications restricting palm oil imports through Kerala ports, holding that the foreign trade law and import policy empowered the Central Government to regulate and prohibit imports, and that the amendments were supported by relevant material and policy considerations. The challenge based on arbitrariness, discrimination and lack of power failed because judicial review does not substitute the court's view for the policy-maker's unless the decision is capricious, irrational or perverse. The court also refused to direct extension of the ban to Chennai, Mangalore, Tuticorin and Beypore, holding that imposing a wider trade restriction was a matter of executive policy, not an enforceable judicial command. en-us Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:31:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284160 The Kerala HC upheld notifications restricting palm oil imports through Kerala ports, holding that the foreign trade law and import policy empowered the Central Government to regulate and prohibit imports, and that the amendments were supported by relevant material and policy considerations. The challenge based on arbitrariness, discrimination and lack of power failed because judicial review does not substitute the court's view for the policy-maker's unless the decision is capricious, irrational or perverse. The court also refused to direct extension of the ban to Chennai, Mangalore, Tuticorin and Beypore, holding that imposing a wider trade restriction was a matter of executive policy, not an enforceable judicial command. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284160