Jan 20, 2022
Importers of denatured ethyl alcohol, a raw
material used in hand sanitisers and disinfectants, and a constituent used in
Remdesivir, have approached the Bombay High Court after the customs department
initiated investigations into the classification of imported products.
Hearing the writ petition filed by one of the companies, Satyam Petrochemicals,
the court asked the customs department to give at least a week’s notice before
taking any "coercive steps".
The importers had claimed that the customs department had conducted seizures
that could have impacted their supply and created a shortage of the raw
material.