SHAHID BAIG vs THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 10th September, 2025 W.P.(C) 10210/2025 & CM APPL. 57044/2025 SHAHID BAIG .....Petitioner Through: Mohd. Ather Ansari & Mr. Prashant Solanki, Advs. versus THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Piyush Beriwal& Ms. Ruchita 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 writ petition has been filed by the Petitioner-Shahid Baig under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, challenging the Order-in-Original dated 22nd April, 2024 (hereinafter, ‘impugned order’) by which absolute confiscation of the following detained goods has been directed: (i) one gold chain weighing, 116 grams; (ii) one gold kada, weighing 116 grams. 3. The Adjudicating Authority in Para 20 of the impugned order has directed as under: 7.04,973/- (Total Assessable Value of all the said gold items is Rs.14,09,946/-) recovered from the fax Mr. Shahid Baig and detained vide DR/INDEL4/18.01.2024/003560 dated 18.01.2024 under section 11th. A DR No. ) and 111(m) of the Customs Act 1962: iv) I impose a