Zarina Amirkhonova v. Commissioner of Customs
Customs – Seizure/detention of gold (detention receipt dated 28.10.2024)
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) 17741/2025, Zarina Amirkhonova v. Commissioner of Customs, Delhi High Court, order dated 16.03.2026, coram Nitin Wasudeo Sambre & Ajay Digpaul, JJ. Gold seizure; detention receipt dated 28th October, 2024; show cause notice under Section 124 of the Customs Act, 1962 to issue within ten days; petitioner's reply within two weeks; proceedings to conclude within six weeks; provisional release of gold if deadline missed; liberty to approach afresh on adverse order; petition disposed of. Advocates: Richa Kumari and Pawan for petitioner; Aakarsh Srivastava (Sr. Standing Counsel) with Anand Pandey, Farah Shah and Ankit Kumar for respondent.
What did the court decide?
Time-bound process directions: show cause notice under Section 124 of the Customs Act, 1962 to be issued within ten days; petitioner's reply within two weeks of receipt; proceedings to be concluded within six weeks, failing which provisional release of the seized gold to the petitioner; liberty to approach afresh if an adverse order is passed.