2026 (4) TMI 622

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....NT PER (ASHUTOSH KUMAR, C.J.) We have heard Mr. D. Saikia, learned Senior Advocate for the appellant and Mr. S.C. Keyal, learned Standing Counsel, Customs Department for the respondents. 2. This writ appeal has been filed by the appellant, which is a Company run by a well established Jewellery family, which has been operating for several years and is registered under the GST and other tax laws. In the year 2017, while an employee of the company was flying domestically from Guwahati to Kolkata, he was purportedly intercepted at the airport at Guwahati on the ground of carrying some old gold and diamond-studded jewelleries, which were claimed to be belonging to the customers of the company. The purpose of the transport was stated to ....

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....is order was passed at the motion stage itself with a direction to the respondents to fix another date for personal hearing of the appellant after issuing notice to them in that regard. 5. This Court has been informed today that the next date for the appellant to appear pursuant to the notice is 08.04.2026, i.e. tomorrow. 6. Mr. Saikia, learned Senior Advocate for the appellant has submitted that WP(C) 6204/2017 challenging the seizure was dismissed primarily on the ground of a Coordinate Bench not interfering with the issuance of notice proposing confiscation, thus making the seizure not liable to be challenged. 7. While dismissing the afore-noted writ petition, the learned Single Judge, in this instance, observed that with the di....