M/S SAHA TRADERS vs ZONAL JOINT DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE(CLA), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, INDRAPRASTHA BHAWAN, A WING, I P ESTATE, NEW DELHI-110002 & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 10.03.2025 W.P.(C) 7295/2021 and CM APPL.3324/2023 M/S SAHA TRADERS ....Petitioner Through: Mr. Indranil Banerjee and Mr. Shubhankar Jha, Advocates. versus ZONAL JOINT DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE(CLA), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, INDRAPRASTHA BHAWAN, A WING, I P ESTATE, NEW DELHI-110002 & ANR......Respondents Through: Mr. Ruchir Mishra, Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Saxena, Ms. Poonam Shukla, Mr. Mukesh Kumar Tiwari and Ms. Reba Jena Mishra, Advocates for UoI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA SACHIN DATTA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL.22968/2021 (Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 7295/2021 3. The present appeal assails a Show Cause Notice 3/69/ECA-II/AM-05/CLA dated 02.05.2005 (hereinafter ‘the impugned SCN’), issued against the petitioner under the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (hereinafter ‘FTDR Act’). 4. The petitioner also assails the legality and validity of the purported DEPB license cancellation letter No. 05/02/001/00061/AM- 16/ECA/CLA/360986 dated 07.08.2019, communicated to the Customs 5. It is the contention of th