2024 (9) TMI 333

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....it Petitions have been filed to direct the respondents 1 to 3 herein to forthwith release various models of Secondhand Highly Specialized Equipment - Digital Multifunction Print, Copying & Scanning Machines, imported by the petitioners. 2. According to the petitioners, the issue involved in these Writ Petitions is covered by a judgment of this Court dated 18.12.2023 passed in W.P.Nos.35145 of 2023, etc., batch. Hence, he would urge this Court to pass similar order in the present Writ Petitions also. 3. In the present batch of cases, subsequent to the order passed by this Court, a Notification No.13/2024-25 was issued on 20.05.2024, whereby the import of the subject items were prohibited. 4. Now, the issue before this Court is that ....

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....ioners refer to Clause 11.11, which reads as follows:- 11.11 Date of shipment/Dispatch in respect of Imports: Date of shipment/dispatch for imports will be reckoned as under:- S.No Mode of Transportation Date of Shipment / Dispatch (i) By Sea The date affixed on the Bill of Lading (ii) By Air Date of relevant Airway Bill provided this represents date on which goods left last airport in the country from which the import is effected. Therefore, he would submit that the date of reckoning of import would be the date of Bill of Lading. are well before the impugned notification dated 20.05.2024. 6. In the present cases, the bill of ladings dated 29.04.2024, 19.04.2024, 18.04.2024, 17.04.2024, 22.....