DALJEET SINGH vs COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS

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$~63 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 28th April, 2025 + W.P.(C) 5040/2025 DALJEET SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Richa Kumari, Mr. Yatin Bhutani and Mr. Pawan, Advs. versus COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS .....Respondent Through: Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Mr. Nikhil Kumar Chaubey and Ms. Jyotsna Vyas, Advs. for R-1. (M:9910396352) CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present petition has been filed by the Petitioner- Daljeet Singh under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, seeking issuance of an appropriate writ assailing the detention of the one gold kada of the Petitioner detained vide detention receipt no. DR/INDEL4/29-11- 2024/005522 dated 29th November 2024 which is stated to be a personal effect of the Petitioner. 3. The case of the Petitioner is that he was travelling from Dubai as a tourist via flight no. SG-12 and arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi on 29th November 2024. During the said travel, the Petitioner was stated to be wearing a 22 carat gold kada weighing 60 grams. 4. According to the Petitioner, the same was used as a personal effect of W.P.(C) 5040/2025 Page 1 of 4 Signature Not Verified Signed By:DHIRENDER KUMAR Signing Date:30.04.2025 18:21:15 the Petitioner. It is also submitted that the Petitioner being a Sikh, always wears this kada. The Petitioner has placed photographs on record as well. 5. The Petitioner is also stated to have signed a pre-printed standard form recording that the Petitioner has requested not to receive the Show Cause Notice (hereinafter, ‘SCN’) and personal hearing and that the case may be decided on merits. 6. Clearly, a perusal of the photographs and the