Court Upholds Validity of Betel Nut Price Fixation u/s 5 of Foreign Trade Act; No Improper Delegation Found.

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....Import of betel nuts - fixation of price - delegation of power - the authentication at the best can only be held as an executive exercise of a power by the President of India through the DGFT. Hence, the impugned notification published in the Gazette under Section 5 of the Foreign Trade Act cannot be held to be ultra vires as was contended by the Learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioners. - the principle of lex specialis derogat legi generali will not have any application to the case in hand. - HC....