Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1352 · Decided 26 November 2008
Union of India and ORS. v. M/S Exim Rajathi India PVT. LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1352 · [2008] 16 S.C.R. 697
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6854/2008
- Decided
- 26 November 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
~ Export-Import - Permit for import of consignment - Withholding of - Garlic imported from China found infected c with fungus - Direction by High Court for fumigation by using methyl .bromide on garlic lying in warehouse - Thereafter, permitting clearance of articles on payment of duty held: Methyl bromide treated garlic is dangerous for human consumption and for Indian Agriculture -More so D garlic was treated with methyl bromide fumigation before ,. loading in China and the same is not the treatment for killing :,._ fungi - Hence, direction issued to destroy articles by fire.
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