HC bans import of Chinese toy globes
(PTI | November 10, 2004)
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today put an interim ban on the import and marketing of Chinese make toy globes in India as they incorrectly represented the country's map by not showing Jammu and Kashmir as part of its territory.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice B C Patel and Justice B D Ahmed directed the Government not to permit the circulation of Chinese make globes in the market. The Bench observed that investigation by CBI has pointed out that these toy globes depicting the Indian territory incorrectly was being manufactured by four firms in China and Hong Kong.
"We direct the customs officials not to permit the import of toy globes depicting territory of India incorrectly," the Bench ordered.
Such toy globes could not be permitted to be circulated in the market here, the Bench said in a direction to the government.
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