RECKITT BENCKISER INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 14.05.2026 LPA 346/2026, CM Nos.31207/2026 & 31208/2026 RECKITT BENCKISER INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED.....Appellant Through: Mr. Arvind P. Datar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. R. Jawahar Lal & Mr. Sayyam Maheshwari, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Shiva Lakshmi & Mr. Pravar Dennison, Advs. for UOI. CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, CJ (Oral) 1. Heard Mr. Arvind P. Datar, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. R. Jawahar Lal, learned Counsel for the Appellant and Ms. Shiva Lakshmi, learned Counsel representing the Respondents. 2. This intra-court Appeal seeks to take exception to the Order dated 28.03.2026 (“Impugned Order”) passed by learned Single Judge whereby W.P.(C) No.13869/2024 (“Writ Petition”) instituted by the Appellant has been disposed of by relegating the Appellant to take recourse to the appellate remedy under Section 15(1)(b) of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation Act, 1991 (“Act”). LPA 346/2026 3. Under challenge before the learned Single Judge was an order dated 27.08.2024 passed by the Deputy Director of Foreign Trade whereby t