2014 (2) TMI 625

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....as Mathew Nellimoottil, SC, for the Respondent. JUDGMENT The issue involved in both these cases is similar. The averments raised in both the writ petitions and the exhibits marked therein are also similar in terms. 2. The cigarettes imported by the petitioners, who are non-resident Indians, allegedly in contravention of the relevant provisions of law, came to be detained by the autho....

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....pursuant to Ext. P1, when the amount due was demanded, the passports were voluntarily surrendered by the petitioners stating that petitioners would immediately return after arranging necessary fund from outside. The learned counsel for the petitioners seeks to rebut the said submission. 4. In view of the stand taken by the respondent that the respondent has not seized the passports, this C....