2025 (10) TMI 1183

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.... "seized goods"): (i) 9 gold chains having purity 600, weighing 175 grams; (ii) 2 gold bangles having purity 588, weighing 21 grams; (iii) 2 gold pendants having purity 591, weighing 7 grams; and (iv) 5 gold rings having purity 583, weighing 25 grams. 3. The brief facts of the case are that the Petitioner is a national of Uzbekistan and had travelled from Uzbekistan to New Delhi on 16th December, 2023. Upon his arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, the Petitioner was intercepted by the Customs Department and the seized goods were detained vide detention receipt dated 16th December, 2023. It is stated that the seized goods were appraised by the Customs Department on 19th Decembe....

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....etitioner. The Order-in-Original also records that a waiver was signed by the Petitioner for issuance of the show cause notice. 9. Ld. Counsel for the Petitioner submits that Ms. Anisha Sharma did not inform the Petitioner of the passing of the said order. 10. The Court has heard the parties and perused the documents placed on record, including the Order-in-Original dated 26th February, 26th February, 2024 - the operative portion of which reads as under: "10. In view of the foregoing, I pass the following order: ORDER 1) I deny the 'Free Allowance' if any admissible to the passenger, Mr. Bakhodirjon Sultonov for the various acts of commission and omission; ii) I declare the passenger, Mr. Ba....

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....ssion. Once the lawyer/authorised representative of the Petitioner had received a copy of the order, the same would be considered to have been served on the Petitioner in terms of Section 153(1)(a) of the Customs Act, 1962. The said section is reads as under: "153. Modes for service of notice order, etc.- (1) An order, decision, summons, notice or any other communication under this Act or the rules made thereunder may be served in any of the following modes, namely:- (a) by giving or tendering it directly to the addressee or importer or exporter or his customs broker or his authorised representative including employee, advocate or any other person or to any adult member of his family residing with him;" 13. Thu....