Goldie Sud v. The Principal Commissioner of Customs Passenger Arrivals
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court (Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction), Writ Petition No. 3688 of 2025, Goldie Sud (petitioner-in-person) v. The Principal Commissioner of Customs, Passenger Arrivals & Ors., decided 15 April 2026 (G. S. Kulkarni & Aarti Sathe, JJ.). Challenge under Article 226 to customs Seizure Memo dated 24.05.2024 and Show Cause Notice C-815/2024 dated 3.6.2024 concerning a Mont Blanc 1858 Iced Sea wrist watch (Sl. No. 130793) at CSMI Airport, Mumbai. Proceedings dropped by reasoned order dated 09.04.2026 of Assistant Commissioner Deepak Doke; watch held not liable to confiscation; petition disposed with direction for unconditional release within one week. Keywords: Article 226, customs seizure, show cause notice dropped, provisional release on bond, mandamus/certiorari, Mont Blanc watch.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of; respondents directed to release the seized Mont Blanc wrist watch to the petitioner unconditionally as per order dated 09 April 2026, compliance within one week.