RAHUL VATTAMPARAMBIL REMESH vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~28 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 4th March, 2025 + W.P.(C) 2690/2025, CM APPL. 12818/2025, & CM APPL. 12819/2025 RAHUL VATTAMPARAMBIL REMESH .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Kavitha K.T., Mr. Subhash Chandra, Mr. S. Gopal & Ms. Syam Krishna, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: None. 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 under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking release of the Gold jewellery which has been detained by the Respondent – Customs Department. The Petitioner is an Indian who is employed in the UAE. 3. The Petitioner had arrived at the Terminal-3, IGI Airport, New Delhi for attending a marriage ceremony. The invitation card for the marriage ceremony in Guruvayur is also placed on record as Annexure P-3. The Petitioner is said to have been wearing a gold chain weighing 32 gms which was detained by the Respondent/Department on 9th April, 2024. 4. The case of the Petitioner is that he was only served with the impugned Order-in-Original dated 13th November, 2024 without proper hearing being given to him. The ld. Counsel for the Petitioner submits that the chain was the Petitioner’s personal jewellery. He has placed on record photographs which Signature Not Verified Signed By:RAHUL W.P.(C) 2690/2025 Page 1 of 12 Signing Date:05.03.2025 17:34:06 show that he is wearing the gold chain. 5. None appears for the Respondent/Department, despite advance copy having been served at email ids: [email protected], [email protected] and mobile number: 9810274452 , 9871863446, 6. It is noticed that in a large number of customs matters, the Counse