The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre, the indirect tax department, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on a clutch of petitions against alleged restrictions on availing of advance authorisation licences.
Importers have moved court against changes in the criteria for availing of the advance authorisation licence, which, they say, has led to the DRI issuing notices to them.
Similar cases are going in the Orissa and the Madras High Courts and importers are planning to file petitions in the Gujarat and the Goa High Courts too. The Delhi