https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=768283 Customs authorities cannot continue to retain seized goods beyond the statutory period for issuing a show cause notice unless a lawful extension is obtained and communicated in accordance with the Customs Act, 1962. The document notes that the seized article was a gold kada weighing 76 grams, the six-month period had expired, and no lawful extension had been shown to have been intimated to the petitioner. Continued detention was therefore impermissible, and the detention was set aside with return of the gold item ordered within four weeks without storage charges. en-us Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 07:15:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=768283 Customs authorities cannot continue to retain seized goods beyond the statutory period for issuing a show cause notice unless a lawful extension is obtained and communicated in accordance with the Customs Act, 1962. The document notes that the seized article was a gold kada weighing 76 grams, the six-month period had expired, and no lawful extension had been shown to have been intimated to the petitioner. Continued detention was therefore impermissible, and the detention was set aside with return of the gold item ordered within four weeks without storage charges. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=768283