RAJVIR KAUR vs COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOM & ANR.

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$~66 & 69 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 25th August, 2025 + W.P.(C) 12741/2025 RAJVIR KAUR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Harsh Trikha, Adv. versus COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOM & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Shubham Tyagi, SSC with Ms. Navruti Ojha, Adv. (M:9650049869) 69 AND + W.P.(C) 12816/2025 & CM APPL. 52314/2025 JUJHAR SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Harsh Trikha, Adv. versus COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOM & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Shubham Tyagi, SSC with Ms. Navruti Ojha, Adv. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE SHAIL JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. CM APPL. 52314/2025 (for exemption) in W.P.(C) 12816/2025 2. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. Application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 12741/2025 W.P.(C) 12816/2025 3. The present petitions have been filed by the Petitioners- Ms. Rajvir Kaur and Mr. Jujhar Singh under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, assailing the Orders-in-Original dated 3rd June, 2024 in W.P.(C) 12741/2025 and 5th June, 2024 in W.P.(C) 12816/2025 (hereinafter, Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 12741/2025 & W.P.(C) 12816/2025 Page 1 of 10 Digitally Signed By:DHIRENDER KUMAR Signing Date:27.08.2025 18:38:54 ‘impugned orders’). 4. The Petitioners i.e., husband and wife, are British citizens and Overseas Citizen of India card holders. They challenge the impugned orders passed by Office of the Commissioner of Customs, IGI Airport, New Delhi. The case of the Petitioners is that they were travelling together with their two children on 2nd April, 2024 from London to New Delhi to attend a wedding in the family. Upon arrival at the IGI Airport, New Delhi, the Petitioners were intercepted by the concerned officials of the Customs Department