2024 (3) TMI 1374 - HC - Customs

Provisional release of the seized goods - inaction on the part of the respondent customs authority concerned in considering and disposing the application of the petitioner for release of the detained xerox machine in question on provisional basis - HELD THAT - This writ petition being WPA 6206 of 2024 is disposed of by directing the respondent Commissioner of Customs (Port)/the authority concerned to intimate the petitioner on or before 27th March, 2024 the additional customs duty which shall be paid by the petitioner, within seven days from the date of receipt of such intimation to be issued by the respondent customs authority.

Summary

The petitioner filed a writ petition against the customs authority for not acting on their application to release a detained xerox machine. The court directed the customs authority to inform the petitioner of the additional customs duty to be paid and to release the goods upon compliance with certain conditions. The writ petition was disposed of. (Case: WPA 6206 of 2024)