https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=35121 A restriction requiring import of betel nuts only through Mangalore Port was upheld as a valid trade-control measure. The Madras HC applied the limited scope of judicial review over economic and import policy decisions, finding that the notification was issued under statutory foreign-trade power and rested on relevant public-interest considerations, including protection of domestic producers, neutralising freight-cost advantage, and maintaining market price parity. It rejected the challenge of arbitrariness, unreasonableness and mala fides, and held that the notification was not unconstitutional under Articles 14, 19(1)(g) or 301. The smuggling justification was not accepted, but the measure still stood on the other stated grounds. en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=35121 A restriction requiring import of betel nuts only through Mangalore Port was upheld as a valid trade-control measure. The Madras HC applied the limited scope of judicial review over economic and import policy decisions, finding that the notification was issued under statutory foreign-trade power and rested on relevant public-interest considerations, including protection of domestic producers, neutralising freight-cost advantage, and maintaining market price parity. It rejected the challenge of arbitrariness, unreasonableness and mala fides, and held that the notification was not unconstitutional under Articles 14, 19(1)(g) or 301. The smuggling justification was not accepted, but the measure still stood on the other stated grounds. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=35121