ESSAR SHIPPING LIMITED vs UNION OF INDIA

WP-1960-2024-F-ESSAR.DOC IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION 1. Union of India through the Joint Secretary Department of Commerce 2. Director General of Foreign Trade 3. Zonal Additional Director General 4. Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade 5. Joint Director General of Foreign Trade … Respondents Mr. Prithwiraj Choudhury a/w. Archit Virmani and Atul Gupta, for Petitioner. Mr. Jitendra Mishra a/w. Ashutosh Mishra, Rupesh Dubey, Vikas Salgia, for Respondents. CORAM : B. P. COLABAWALLA AND SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, JJ. Reserved on : January 20, 2025 Pronounced on : February 7, 2025 Judgement : (Per, Somasekhar Sundaresan, J.) 1. Rule. Respondents waive service. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the parties taken up for final hearing. February 7, 2025 Shraddha WP-1960-2024-F-ESSAR.DOC Context and Factual Background: 2. This is a Writ Petition challenging the issuance of a show cause notice dated January 13, 2023 (“Impugned SCN”) issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade (“DGFT”) to the Petitioner, Essar Shipping Ltd. (“ Essar”) under Section 14 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (“FTDR Act”)