DGFT cannot take away benefits conferred by FTP by way of a circular

Essar Shipping Limited Vs Union of India (Bombay High Court) By instituting this writ petition, petitioner seeks to challenge Policy Circular No. 25 of 2007 dated 1st January, 2008 issued by DGFT, the second respondent. According to the petitioner, in the garb of purported clarification, the DGFT has curtailed benefits available to service providers, such as the petitioner, under the Served from India Scheme (SFI Scheme). Consequent upon the said Circular, the Joint Director General of Foreign Trade, Bengaluru, the third respondent, vide demand notice dated 28th January, 2010 (hereafter “dem...