Delhi HC imposes cost of Rs 25,000 on Customs Department over seizure of woman’s gold jewellery
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday imposed costs of Rs 25,000 on the Customs Department after a woman moved court demanding that her personal jewellery that was seized at Delhi airport in January while she was returning from a trip to Bangkok be returned to her.
The court directed that the cost be paid to the petitioner Pooja Seth, and also suggested that disciplinary action be taken against the officials who reportedly coerced her into signing a statement.
“In this case, the court is convinced that the detention of the petitioner’s gold jewellery at the behest of the Customs Department was completely unjustified,” the bench of Justices Prathiba Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta ruled.
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Seth had moved the Delhi High Court seeking the release of her p...