Bombay High Court Directs Processing of Duty Drawback Claims After Revocation of ICEGATE Alert

The Bombay High Court has disposed of a writ petition after being informed that the “alert” earlier inserted in the Indian Customs Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange (EC/EDI) Gateway (ICEGATE) system against a Petitioner’s Importer Exporter Code (IEC) has been revoked by the authorities. 

The bench of Justice M. S. Sonak and Justice Jitendra Jain have directed the department to process the Petitioner’s eligible duty drawback claims within four weeks, in accordance with law. 

The Petitioner, Prime Home Collection (OPC) Pvt Ltd.  had approached the court challenging the insertion of the alert, which had led to a halt in the processing of their eligible duty drawback claims.

During the hearing, the department informed the court that the alert had been removed and no further restrictions were in place on the Petitioner’s IEC. The court took note of this statement and observed that the primary relief sought by the Petitioner had now been addressed.

Since the pending duty drawback claims had not been processed due to the alert, the Court directed the concerned authorities to now process the eligible claims within four weeks, strictly in accordance with law and on their own merits.

The High Court concluded the matter, disposing of the petition without awarding any costs, and instructed all authorities to act upon the authenticated copy of the order.

Case Details

Case Title: Prime Home Collection (OPC) Pvt Ltd. Versus Union of India & Ors.

Case No.: Writ Petition No.14230 Of 2024 

Date:  8 July 2025

Counsel For  Petitioner: Dr. Sujay Kantawala 

Counsel For Respondent: Jitendra B. Mishra

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