2020 (9) TMI 751

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....s<br>THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.R.SWAMINATHAN For Petitioner : Mr.Raghavan Ramabadran For R1, R2 & R4 : Mr.H.Lakshmi Shankar For R3 : Mr.Aravindan ORDER Heard the learned counsel on either side. 2. The petitioner is an exporter of certain goods. They are having their own manufacturing facility at SIPCOT, Special Economic Zone, Gangaikondan, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. While filing ....

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....9;s request. This is under challenge in this Writ Petition. 3. The respondents have filed a detailed counter affidavit. The contention of the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents is that the Director General of Foreign Trade cannot be blamed for the lapse committed by the writ petitioner. He would also point out that Director General of Foreign Trade is not in possession of th....

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....uticorin and two others). He pointed out that the case on hand is absolutely similar. In the said case, the writ petitioner had though actually intended to claim the benefit under MEIS (Merchandise Exports from Indian Scheme), while filing the shipping bills, he had opted for &#39;No&#39; instead of &#39;Yes&#39;. I held that the exporter ought not to suffer for the inadvertent mistake committed b....

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.... Securities Depository Limited), which is a Digital Depository. Unless, the third respondent specifically instructs NSDL, they will not be in a position to forward the petitioner&#39;s shipping bills to the second respondent. It is seen that the petitioner had been corresponding only with NSDL all these months. 6. I therefore permit the petitioner to make a formal request to the third responden....