1989 (7) TMI 122

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....appellant having been found with four gold biscuits when he came to India from abroad. It is on the ground of violation of the provisions of the Customs Act that his passport was seized. The appellant sought in the writ petition a direction to the authorities to release the passport, to enable him to go back to Abudabi in connection with the employment which he has secured there. The learned Singl....

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....pinion that the passport will be useful or relevant for taking further steps in proceedings under the Customs Act. That being the position, it is obvious that the seizure and retention of the passport under Section 110(3) of the Customs Act is justified. Learned Counsel for the appellant however submitted that when there is power under Section 14 of the Passports Act, the authorities should have i....