2018 (10) TMI 709

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....ns. The petitioner was issued advance authorisations under the extant Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20. The petitioner contends that the prevailing exemptions under the custom notifications, could not have been denied merely on the premise of the introduction of a new levy under the Goods and Service Tax with effect from 01.07.2017. This Court had while entertaining these proceedings made an interim order on 11.10.2017 in the following terms : "1. Notice. Mr. Sanjeev Narula, the learned CGSC, accepts notice for the Respondents. He has placed before W.P.(C) 8677/2017 Page 1 of 4 the Court a Press Release issued by the Ministry of Finance dated 6th October 2017 setting out the relief package announced for exporters by the Goods and Se....

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....robability the notification will be issued in the immediate future. 3. Mr. Handoo, the learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner, states that notwithstanding the above relief measures announced by the GST Council on 6th October 2017, the situation on the ground remains the same. He has produced before the Court a copy of an e-challan showing payment of IGST to the tune of Rs. 58,58,345/- by the Petitioner in respect of Bill of Entry dated 10th October 2017 for import of gold bars from Abu Dhabi. He submits that the Petitioner was not permitted to clear the goods without such payment and that the Petitioner's protest to the authorities was to no avail. 4. The Court directs the Petitioner to place the above facts on an af....