more-inKOCHI: The controversy over the “illegal” export of photocopiers through the Kochi port is refusing to die down, with the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) yet again writing to the Customs Commissioner in Kochi, seeking re-export of the consignment at the earliest. The communication comes barely two weeks after a division bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in Bengaluru set aside an earlier order of the Customs Department to re-export the machines. According to PCB officials, the communication was forwarded in view of an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last month. Baiju, Chief Environmental Engineer, SPCB, Kochi. Though the importers approached the Kerala High Court after the Customs Department had denied permission to import the consignment, the court refused to intervene in the customs probe.

Source: The Hindu August 26, 2017 18:22 UTC