S.P.Rajapandian vs The Senior Intelligence Officer on 7 June, 2011
14.It is not the case of the petitioners that they had either Export licence to export the said goods or that they had No Objection Certificate from the Narcotics Commissioner. The argument that Ketamine and Ketamine Hydrochloride are two different substances may be true in terms of advanced Chemistry, but the psychotropic effect of two chemicals are no different from each other. The petitioners cannot be allowed to have any hairsplitting argument on the said issue. The learned counsel for the petitioners placed heavy reliance upon an unreported division bench judgment of this Court in Geethalakshmi Vs. The Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Public (SC) Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9 and another in H.C.P.Nos.1303 and 1306 of 2010, dated 18.6.2010. This is for the purpose of contending that the division bench of this court comprising C.Nagappan and P.R.Shivakumar, J.J. after accepting the argument of the learned Senior Counsel had observed in paragraphs 9 and 11 as follows: