India, Sept. 16 -- The Bombay High Court last week came down heavily on Customs officials for blocking a facility that the court said was clearly meant to help businesses. In a copy of the order, which was made available on Monday, the court directed customs authorities to allow fresh testing of cashew nuts, that were seized from a Navi Mumbai trader and declared problematic.

The case involved 24-year-old Vyom Raichanna, proprietor of Trinity Agro Products in Vashi, whose consignments of cashews were seized in March and April 2025. A Kerala-based laboratory tested the goods and declared them problematic. Raichanna contested the findings, pointing out that previous batches of cashews tested in labs in Maharashtra were cleared for human co...