Allahabad Bank vs Ramvilash Agrawal 5 Wpc/2352/2018 ... on 27 August, 2018
9. They place reliance on the judgment dated 29.11.2013 passed by
the Allahabad High Court in in Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
No.22067/2013 tiled Ayurveda Sewashram Kalyan Samiti Thr. Secretary
Allahabad vs. Union of India Thr. Secretary & 3 Ors., to submit that the
respondent no.2 has been charged with the purpose of registering the
contracts for due implementation of the Policy of the Government of
India. Such Policy merely requires a certificate that the poppy seeds have
originated in a country where opium poppy is grown licitly and legally.
The Import Policy being a statutory document, cannot be derogated from.
Therefore, the respondents cannot arbitrarily fix the Country Cap or deny
registration of the contracts of the petitioners on arbitrary ground.