Court orders Customs Authority to release gold for re-export, deeming refusal illegal. Petitioner declared rightful owner. The court found the petitioner to be the rightful owner of the gold and willing to comply with re-export conditions. The Customs Authority's refusal to ...
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Court orders Customs Authority to release gold for re-export, deeming refusal illegal. Petitioner declared rightful owner.
The court found the petitioner to be the rightful owner of the gold and willing to comply with re-export conditions. The Customs Authority's refusal to release the gold despite compliance was deemed harsh and illegal. The writ petition was disposed of by directing the Customs Authority to release the gold for re-export within 30 days as per the Revisional Authority's order.
Issues involved: Challenge to an impugned adjudication order for absolute confiscation of gold, compliance with conditions imposed by Revisional Authority, delay in payment of redemption fine.
Impugned Adjudication Order: The writ petition challenged an order for absolute confiscation of 158.32 grams of gold carried by the petitioner while traveling from Singapur to India. The petitioner, a permanent resident of Singapur, had all the necessary documents for the gold, yet the order was passed with a penalty and value assessment.
Appellate and Revisional Proceedings: The Appellate Authority confirmed the confiscation order, which was further challenged before the Revisional Authority. The Revisional Authority modified the order, allowing re-export of the gold on payment of a redemption fine and penalty, which the petitioner complied with, albeit with a 15-day delay in paying the fine.
Decision: The court found the petitioner to be the bona fide owner of the gold and willing to re-export it, with valid documents. The court deemed the Customs Authority's refusal to release the gold despite compliance with the Revisional Authority's conditions as harsh, arbitrary, and illegal. The writ petition was disposed of by directing the Customs Authority to release the gold for re-export within 30 days as per the Revisional Authority's order.
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