2025 (5) TMI 179 - SCH - Customs

Supreme Court Rejects Special Leave Petition, Upholds Lower Court Ruling Without Substantial Modification Under Article 136

SC dismissed SLP under Article 136, finding no grounds for interference. Court determined that based on presented facts, exercising extraordinary ... Seeking release of detained goods - Smuggling of 1065.10 grams of gold - disposing of the detained gold without proper intimation to the Petitioner - it was held by High Court in [2025 (2) TMI 641 - DELHI HIGH COURT] that 'This Court is of the opinion that the Petitioner is entitled to the entire value of the detained gold as on the market rate prevalent today, which would be liable to be paid by the Customs Department within a period of three weeks.' - HELD THAT:- No case for interference is made out in exercise of our jurisdiction under Article 136 of the Constitution of India. The Special Leave Petition is accordingly dismissed. The Supreme Court, through Hon'ble Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, dismissed the Special Leave Petition under Article 136 of the Constitution of India, holding that 'no case for interference is made out.' The Court emphasized that on the facts presented, exercise of its jurisdiction was unwarranted. Consequently, the petition and any pending applications were disposed of.