Court Rules Gold as Prohibited Goods Under Smuggling Laws; Adjudging Officer's Orders Upheld Per Section 2(33) of the Act.

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....Smuggling - Gold - prohibited goods or not - Scope of prohibited goods - an infraction of a condition for import of goods would also fall within the ambit of Section 2(33) of the Act and thus their redemption and release would become subject to the discretionary power of the Adjudging Officer - the Court finds no illegality in the individual orders passed by the Adjudging Officer and which were impugned in these writ petitions. - HC....