KARTIK SAHDEV vs COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 27th March, 2025 W.P.(C) 3193/2025 KARTIK SAHDEV .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ashish Panday, Adv. versus COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS .....Respondent Through: Mr. Shubham Tyagi, SSC with Ms. N. Ojha, Adv. (M:9650049869) CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. This is a petition filed by the Petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India inter alia challenging the Order-in-Original dated 16th January, 2024 (hereinafter, ‘OIO’) and the Order in Appeal dated 1st January, 2025 (hereinafter, ‘OIA’). 3. A brief background of the present case is that the Petitioner and his wife were intercepted at Terminal-3, IGI Airport, New Delhi upon arrival on 14th October, 2023 from Bangkok. The couple is stated to have been wearing two gold kadas and two gold chains, all of which were detained vide Detention Receipt No. DR/INDEL4/14.10.2023/002858. 4. According to the Petitioner, after the detention of the said items, no show cause notice was issued on the ground that he had waived his right to show cause notice by signing a pre-prin