https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=438901 A complete restriction on import activity under the foreign trade regime requires lawful competence and a demonstrable scientific or empirical basis. The court accepted that the notification banning import of commercial dogs was issued within the statutory scheme and business allocation framework, so the competence and procedural challenge failed. It further held that a blanket ban could not rest on general disease or breed-protection concerns without contemporaneous scientific material, especially where quarantine, testing, and breeding regulation could address those issues. On that basis, the import ban was set aside and consequential directions were issued for a regulatory breeding policy. en-us Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 10:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=438901 A complete restriction on import activity under the foreign trade regime requires lawful competence and a demonstrable scientific or empirical basis. The court accepted that the notification banning import of commercial dogs was issued within the statutory scheme and business allocation framework, so the competence and procedural challenge failed. It further held that a blanket ban could not rest on general disease or breed-protection concerns without contemporaneous scientific material, especially where quarantine, testing, and breeding regulation could address those issues. On that basis, the import ban was set aside and consequential directions were issued for a regulatory breeding policy. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=438901