Court Allows First-Time Import Violation Without Phytosanitary Certificate; Future Non-Compliance May Face Strict Action.

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....First time violation of import condition - The petitioner knows that if tomorrow he imports another consignment without Phytosanitary Certificate, then his fate is doomed because such a consignment can never ever be cleared. That is all the more so, because of the order passed in these writ petitions - That apart, as rightly pointed out by the learned counsel for the petitioner, it is not as if a second or third violation cannot be condoned at all. - HC....