The Centre has preferred a writ appeal before the Madras High Court against a single judge’s June 6, 2023 order setting aside the Directorate General of Foreign Trade’s (DGFT) April 25, 2016 notification imposing a ban on the import of dogs, except for certain specific purposes.
Chief Justice S.V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy have ordered listing of the appeal on November 8, after hearing preliminary submissions made by Additional Solicitor General AR.L. Sundaresan who contended that the single judge had erred in setting aside the notification.
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