India is a country more popular for its versatile and at times bizarre culture. As all we Indians are bizarre in our own ways, the Indian Judiciary too needs to act a tad weird sometimes and judge cases that have a funny side to it. No matter what the case is though, the judiciary has to attend it and come up with a decision that effectively delivers justice.
A few days ago, Delhi High Court came up with a verdict that not just delivered justice but also a reason for twitteratis to go berserk. The case involved a dispute between a footwear company and the customs department. As per the orders from the centre, 10% Custom Duty Drawback is applicable on Sandals while that applicable for Chappals is only 5%.
The applicant, Wishall International, a Chennai based footwear company, claimed that their products were Sandals, and thus demanded a 10% drawback. The Revenue Department argued that the products were Chappals and thus the company received a 5% drawback. To resolve this complex scenario, the Delhi HC came up with a definition for Sandals. The Delhi HC stated that Footwear without backstrap is a Sandal and not Chappal. This solved the case but triggered a series of tweets trolling the Delhi HC’s judgement. The Hindu through its twitter handle reported the judgement and that made the whole twitter community go crazy.
This is the tweet from The Hindu that had set twitter on fire
Footwear without back strap is sandal, not chappal: HC https://t.co/rI78SDUbp7
— The Hindu (@the_hindu) January 28, 2017
Twitteratis hardly bothered reading the whole story and started trolling HC for taking out time to define Sandals. That said, twitter was more funny after that than the decision itself. Here is a collection of few of the funniest tweets
finally the much awaited verdict is here. Feeling enlightened…
— Straight Talk🇮🇳 (@umesh_mishra) January 28, 2017
Biryani without Chicken is Pulav, not Biryani: HC
*Much needed*https://t.co/uq2cm9oaPL— Saniya Sayed (@Ssaniya_) January 28, 2017
https://www.twitter.com/kitAnurag/status/825572718779236353?p=v
https://www.twitter.com/riyazusman/status/825337646339743744?p=v
Now this is really really important guys, not because of chappal but HC actually gave a Verdict!! 👏👏👏👏 https://t.co/7vhPY6qHi6
— Arnaz Hathiram (@ArnazHathiram) January 28, 2017
There were a few sensible tweets too that tried to justify the decision
Interesting Delhi HC judgment on whether women's footwear sans back strap is 'sandal' or 'chappal' (for tax): https://t.co/pJSlidFTub
— Gautam Bhatia (@gautambhatia88) January 28, 2017
Women’s footwear without a back strap is a sandal and not a chappal; Delhi HC on Custom Duty Drawbacks. https://t.co/foiFW4CnfN
— Murali Krishnan (@legaljournalist) January 29, 2017
The Customs dept took a Chennai-based footwear manufacturer to court to define chappals and sandals https://t.co/djcOLtR0Ah
— Sachin Kalbag (@SachinKalbag) January 28, 2017
We hope HC keeps delivering judgement on every other case just like they did on this one. Also, we hope twitteratis read the whole story before making a joke out of it from next time. Do let us know your views about this twitter-declared funny HC judgement.
