GULFAM vs COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 19th November, 2025 Uploaded on: 22nd November, 2025 W.P.(C) 15791/2025 GULFAM .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Richa Kumari, Adv. versus COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS .....Respondent Through: Ms. Anushree Narain, SSC. 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- Mr. Gulfam under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, seeking release of the gold bar weighing 117 grams (hereinafter, ‘gold bar’) which was detained by the Customs Department. 3. A brief background of the Petitioner’s case is that the Petitioner was working in Saudi Arabia. He arrived in India on 5th January, 2023. Upon his arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi, the gold bar was seized by the Customs Department vide detention receipt dated 5th January, 2023. 4. The case of the Petitioner is that after the detention receipt was issued, no Show Cause Notice has been issued to the Petitioner, and no personal hearing has been granted. Thus, the Petitioner is seeking release of the gold 2025. The r