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Steel
Scrap importers' plea dismissed
K.C. Gopakumar
Kochi
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Nov. 10
THE Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition filed by the Steel Manufacturers' Association of Kerala and importers of scrap metals challenging the order of the customs authorities requiring the importers of scrap metals to subject the entire consignment to checking by the customs at the customs areas itself.
The customs authorities also directed the importers to follow the "re-warehousing procedure." As per the procedure, the importers would have to construct a warehouse in their facility and get it notified as their personal warehouse.
The petitioners contended that the customs authorities were not competent to prescribe such procedures. According to them, only the Director General of Foreign Trade had the power to issue the procedure.
Dismissing the petition, Mr Justice K. Balakrishnan Nair said that the customs authorities were competent to lay down the procedure in order to ensure that no goods were smuggled in and that no arms and ammunition and other contraband goods were imported under the guise of importing scrap metal.
The court made it clear that the court's order would not stand in the way of the petitioners approaching the competent authorities to modify the procedure for reducing their inconvenience.
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