Eco Tech Create 21 Company (Pvt) Ltd and others Vs. Mr. Chulananda Perera and others – CA WRIT 127/2017-2017

In the case between Eco Tech Create 21 Company (Pvt) Ltd and the Director General of Customs with other state authorities, the court addressed whether a BOI-registered company could export processed products of Salacia reticulata in light of permissions granted under investment agreements and whether such permissions could override restrictions imposed by the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance and related statutory instruments. The court held that statutory prohibitions on destruction and export of protected flora supersede contractual or operational privileges under investment agreements, reaffirming the principle that statutory regimes enacted in the public interest cannot be overridden by BOI agreements or administrative approvals. Reliance was placed on relevant statutory amendments,