FIROJ KHAN vs ADDL. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOM

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 12th November, 2025 W.P.(C) 14528/2025 FIROJ KHAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Nikhil Chaubey, Adv. versus ADDL. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOM .....Respondent Through: Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, SSC with Ms. Drishti Rawal, Mr. Abhay Nair, Mr. Mayur Goyal, and Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Advs. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE SHAIL JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present petition has been filed by the Petitioner, inter alia, challenging the impugned Order-in-Original dated 11th April, 2025 passed by the Additional Commissioner of Customs, Indira Gandhi International Airport, Terminal-3, New Delhi (hereinafter “impugned order”). 3. A brief background of the case is that Petitioner is an Indian citizen and had been working in Saudi Arabia for the past 2 years. On 22nd February, 2025, the Petitioner had travelled from Saudi Arabia to India and upon his arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, he was intercepted by the Customs Department. The Petitioner was wearing two gold kadas weighing 117 grams, and one gold chain weighing 116 grams (hereinafter “detai