SARTHAK GROVER vs COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS & ANR.

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$~43 * IN THE HIGH COURTOF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 10th September, 2025 + W.P.(C) 7794/2025 SARTHAK GROVER .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Harsh Trikha, Adv versus COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Pooja Bhaskar, SPP for Customs. 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, seeking release of one gold kada of the Petitioner, weighing 51 grams, seized by the Customs Department vide Detention Receipt dated 21st May 2024. 3. The brief facts of the case are that the Petitioner is an Indian passport holder who had travelled to India on 21st May, 2024. Upon his arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, the Petitioner was intercepted by the Customs Department and the gold kada (hereinafter “the seized jewellery”) of the Petitioner was seized. It is the case of the Petitioner that no appraisement of the seized jewellery was done on the ground of paucity of time. 4. The Petitioner is aggrieved by the fact that no Show Cause Notice has been issued till date and the seized jewellery has still not been released by the Customs Department. It is also stated that the seized jewellery was personal Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 7794/2025 Page 1 of 4 Signed By:SUNITA KUMARI Signing Date:12.09.2025 04:14:53 jewellery of the Petitioner and thus should be released in terms of the Baggage Rules, 2016. 5. Ld. Counsel for the Respondent has placed on record a short affidavit stating that the Petitioner had already waived the Show Cause Notice and the personal hearing. 6. Heard the ld. Counsels for the parties. The Court has also perused the document placed on record. It is now the