Smuggling - Baggage Rules - Bonafide baggage or not - Gold ...

High Court Upholds Penalties for Pilgrims Smuggling Gold and Liquor Beyond Permissible Limits Through Green Channel.

June 15, 2022

Case Laws Customs HC

Smuggling - Baggage Rules - Bonafide baggage or not - Gold Jewellery - Liquor - one fails to understand, petitioners who claim to be pilgrims visiting an alien country would wear costly jewellery even if it be their customs - the fact that the petitioners also purchased 112 bottles liquor beyond the permissible limits and attempted to walk though the green channel without making declaration also shows that the visit to India by the petitioners were not purely as pilgrimage alone - Levy of penalty and redemption fine sustained - HC

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Smuggling - Baggage Rules - Bonafide baggage or not - Gold ...

High Court Upholds Penalties for Pilgrims Smuggling Gold and Liquor Beyond Permissible Limits Through Green Channel.

June 15, 2022

Case Laws Customs HC

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