2008 (5) TMI 438

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....e invoice-cum-packing list of such consignments on various dates in the month of January 2008. 2. Export of non-Basmati rice, however, was prohibited under a notification datedOctober 15, 2007. Thereafter, however, certain relaxation was made permitting such export in the event the minimum export price was more than  US $ 425 per ton FOB, which is equivalent to Rs. 17000/- per ton. This notification was issued onDecember 12, 2007. Thereafter, there has been subsequent Notifications effecting variation in the minimum export price, which has been enhanced from time to time. 3. The petitioners, in the present writ petition rely on a notification issued onApril 1, 2008, in which such ban has been relaxed in cases of rice co....

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....estion had reached the concerned location where the land customs station is situated. But because the customs authorities do not have storing or parking space, they had to be kept in their own godowns near to the land customs station. 6. Ms. Qureishi, learned counsel for the respondents, on the other hand submits that to get the benefit of the impugned notification, the goods must actually be certified to have been received beforeMarch 6, 2008by the customs authorities and mere lodging of the documents would not be sufficient. 7. Having heard the learned advocates appearing for the parties, prima facie I am not satisfied that the petitioners are entitled to the benefit of the notification ofApril 1, 2008. A plain reading of ....