2024 (7) TMI 822 - SCH - Customs

Challenge the issuance of N/N. 20/2023 - exporters precluded from exporting Non-Basmati White Rice - entered into contracts with foreign entities prior to issuance of the notification - it was held by High Court that 'it is directed that the respondents shall permit the petitioners to export Non-Basmati White Rice that was stored by the petitioners at the concerned warehouses prior to 20.07.2023. This arrangement would be subject to outcome of the writ petition.' HELD THAT - The Special Leave Petitions are dismissed as having been rendered infructuous.

Summary

Issues: Dismissal of Special Leave Petitions as infructuous.

In a recent judgment by the Supreme Court, the Hon'ble Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Dipankar Datta presided over the case. The counsel for the petitioners, including the ASG, submitted that the Special Leave Petitions in question had become infructuous and requested their dismissal. The Court, after considering the submissions, dismissed the Special Leave Petitions on the grounds of being rendered infructuous. Consequently, any pending applications were also disposed of as a result of this decision. The judgment was concise and focused solely on the issue of the petitions being infructuous, leading to their dismissal.