In a relief to 69 Chinese nationals, the Bombay High Court on Friday quashed and set aside the 'Leave India' notices issued to them by the Foreigners Registration Officer, of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Counsel for the authorities conceded that there were procedural lapses and he blamed the Chinese nationals who did not know English, for the authorities inability to record their statements. The notices were issued to customer representatives, supplier representatives; and representatives of the Hong Kong Entities who were visiting the plants to provide technical guidance to companies' employees. The petition states that by the notices, the Chinese representatives have been directed to leave India immediately for misuse of their business visas, which is arbitrary and ex-facie illegal, as there is no such violation. The authorities defended their action by saying that during the visit to the plants the Chinese Nationals who are in India, on a business visa, cannot work as employees.

Source: dna December 22, 2018 00:55 UTC