2022 (4) TMI 271

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....ese writ petitions claim that they were employed in Singapore and were visiting India in connection with the wedding in their respective family and had purchased gold bangles. 2. The case of the petitioners is that they were employed in Singapore for more than two years and therefore they were not required to pay customs duty on their personal belongings. However, the respondents 2 and 3 seized the gold and issued the seizure memo and issued Detention Receipt. It is submitted that under similar circumstances, the Court has allowed the release of the seized gold/ornaments on payment of 50% of the duty in terms of the order of this Court in W.P.No.1421 of 2011, dated 28.02.2011 as modified by an order, dated 01.04.2011 in W.A.No.582 of 2011 ....

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.... therefore, there was a clear intention to evade customs duty. It is further submitted that these petitioners have also given a letter, dated 24.12.2021 and requested the respondents to adjudicate the case without issuing show cause notice and that the adjudication process is in progress and appropriate orders will be passed in due course. It is submitted that without awaiting for such proceedings to be completed, the respective petitioners have filed these writ petitions. 5. I have considered the arguments advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Senior Standing Counsel for the respondents. 6. Though the learned counsel for the petitioners submits that these petitioners are not connected and had travelled indep....

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.... by the petitioner vide the invoice furnished and the above gold jewellery were also purchased by the petitioner's hard earned money in Singapore." In W.P.(MD).No.3460 of 2022 "The petitioner submit that, a marriage was fixed to the petitioner's sister in Tamilnadu and for the marriage, the petitioner had puchased four gold bangles Viz., 199.2 grams in Sinapore as per the invoice. The petitioner submit that, after the above purchase of the gold jewellery viz., four bangles in Singapore, the petitioner arrived in Trichy Airport on 24.12.2021 vide Air India Express IX 681. Immediately on his arrival, he had declared before the Trichy Airport Customs Officers about the possession of the above four gold bangles Viz., 199.2 grams tot....

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....ld jewellery were also purchased by the petitioner's hard earned money in Singapore." 7. The averments in Paragraph 3 of the W.P.(MD).No.3469 of 2022 reads as under: "The petitioner submit that, the petitioner had purchased 4 gold bangles Viz.,200.9 grams in Singapore for his wife as per the invoice. The petitioner submit that, after the above purchase of the gold jewellery viz., four gold bangles in Singapore, the petitioner arrived in Trichy Airport on 24.12.2021 Vide Air India Express IX 681. Immediately on his arrival, he had declared before the Trichy Airport Customs Officers about the possession of the above four gold bangles viz.,200.9 grams totally. The above officers without accepting the same had taken his passport and aske....