AGYA SINGH vs COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS

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$~68 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 10th July, 2025 + W.P.(C) 9466/2025 AGYA SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Parminder Singh Sandhu, Mr.Mayank Ahuja, Mr. Pradeep Chaurasia and Mr.Abhishek Sharma, Advocates. versus COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS .....Respondent Through: Mr. Avijit Dikshit, Advocate. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. CM APPL. 39976/2025 (exemption) 2. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. The application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 9466/2025 3. The present petition has been filed by the Petitioner- Agya Singh under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, seeking release of one gold chain, weighing 115 grams seized by the Respondent vide detention receipt bearing no. DR/INDEL4/11-11-2022/000828 dated 11th November 2022. 4. The case of the Petitioner is that he was traveling from Bangkok to New Delhi on 11th November, 2022. Upon his arrival at the IGI Airport, Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 9466/2025 Page 1 of 8 Signed By:NAMITA DHYANI Signing Date:15.07.2025 16:14:17 New Delhi, his gold chain weighing 115 grams which he is stated to have been wearing was detained by the Customs Department. The detention receipt was issued to the Petitioner however, no appraisal of the gold chain has been done till date. Moreover, no Show Cause Notice (hereinafter, ‘SCN’) has been issued to the Petitioner. 5. Mr. Parminder Singh Sandhu, ld. Counsel for the Petitioner submits that after serving of the present writ petition upon the Respondent, the personal hearing notice has been issued to the Petitioner on 08th July, 2025 fixing the hearing for 11th July, 2025, 18th July, 2025 and 25th July, 2025. 6. Mr. Avijit Dikshit, ld. Co