QAMAR JAHAN vs UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 27th March, 2025 W.P.(C) 198/2025 & CM APPLs. 8813/2025 QAMAR JAHAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ashish Pandey, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Shubham Tyagi, Sr. Standing Counsel, CBIC with Ms. N.Ojha Mr. P.Mahajan, Advs. Mr. Harpreet Singh, Sr. Standing Counsel with Ms.Suhani Mathur, Mr. Jai Ahuja & Mr. Ashay Saxena Advs. Ms. Mayusha Goyal, Additional Commissioner Mr. Maharishi Singhal, Assistant Commissioner Mr. Nitin Raj, Mr. Sunil Kumar, Mr. Sandeep Lakra & Mr. Ravinder Singh, Superintendents. Mr. Rohit, Mr. Ajay Pratap, Mr. Avinash Yadav & Mr. Umesh Kumar, Inspectors. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. There are a bunch of more than 30 petitions listed today, raising various 3. The present petition is the lead matter wherein vide order dated 13th January, 2025, this Court had noticed that various travellers, tourists, Indian citizens coming back from foreign countries were being intercepted and various items which they were wearing i