2012 (4) TMI 710

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....wyer for the petitioner. 2. The learned Lawyer for the petitioner assails an order dated 28-2-2011 passed by the Learned Metropolitan Magistrate, 5th Court, Calcutta in Case No. C-2248 of 2003 wherein his prayer to return the seized gold bars were turned down. 3. The learned Lawyer for the petitioner submits that the Collector of Customs under the provisions of the Customs Act purs....

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....452 of the Code, be returned or destroyed until the appeal has been disposed of or where no appeal is preferred, until six months after the period of appeal has expired." 7. The aforesaid Rules have been framed by this Court, inter alia, in its supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India and has the force of law. 8. I am loath to exercise my inherent pow....