TMI Blog2024 (4) TMI 185X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e Respondent. JUDGMENT The petitioner in W.P. (C) No. 31204/2022 is the appellant herein aggrieved by the judgment dated 6-10-2022 of the Learned Single Judge in the writ petition. Brief facts necessary for disposal of the writ appeal are as follows. 2. The appellant while returning from UAE on 3-6-2014 was intercepted by the customs officials at the immigration counter at the Cochin Inte ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Counsel for the appellant, the Learned Single Judge found that the approach to this court under Article 226 was barred by latches and more so when this statutory appeal itself had been filed belatedly after the period of condonation provided under the statute. The writ petition was therefore dismissed by the Learned Single Judge. 4. Before us, it is the submission of the Learned Counsel for the a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... red by the High Court when exercising the jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. That apart this Court cannot also ignore the long delay in approaching this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Thus in any view of the matter, we see no reason to interfere with the judgment of the Learned Single Judge. The writ appeal fails and is therefore dismissed. X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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