Unpublished Notification Invalid; MIP Applies Only from Gazette Publication Date: SC

Viraj Impex Pvt. Ltd. Vs Union of India & Anr. (Supreme Court of India) Unpublished Notification Has No Legal Force: Supreme Court Holds MIP Applicable Only from Gazette Publication Date The Supreme Court held that a notification issued under Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 acquires legal force only upon its publication in the Official Gazette, and not from the date it is uploaded on a government website. Interpreting Notification No. 38/2015-20 imposing Minimum Import Price (MIP) on steel, the Court ruled that the expression “date of this Notificati...