2025 (5) TMI 270

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....ent Through: Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Mr. Nikhil Kumar Chaubey and Ms. Jyotsna Vyas, Advs. for R-1. (M:9910396352). PRATHIBA M. SINGH, J. (ORAL) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present petition has been filed by the Petitioner- Daljeet Singh under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, seeking issuance of an appropriate writ assailing the detention of t....

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....hat the Petitioner has requested not to receive the Show Cause Notice (hereinafter, 'SCN') and personal hearing and that the case may be decided on merits. 6. Clearly, a perusal of the photographs and the fact that it is one Kada which is usually worn by persons like the Petitioner who are Sikhs, leaves no doubt in the mind of the Court that the same was a personal effect of the Petitioner. Mor....

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....t be excluded from the ambit of personal effects as defined under the Baggage Rules. Further, the Department is required to make a distinction between 'jewellery' and 'personal jewellery' while considering seizure of items for being in violation of the Baggage Rules. xxx xxx xxx 34. Since, the Court has made clear that the practice of making tourists sign undertaking in a standar....