The Customs Assistant Commissioner’s action in selling the gold jewelry belonging to the assessee is deemed illegal: Bombay High Court

Case: Leyla Mohmoodi v. The Additional Commissioner of Customs

Coram: Justice G. S. Kulkarni and Justice Jitendra Jain

Case No.: WRIT PETITION NO. 467 OF 2023

Court Observation: “We also cannot be oblivious to the directions as issued by the Central Government in passing the orders dated September 19, 2022, on the petitioners’ revision, whereby the Central Government has permitted the petitioners to re-export the gold jewellery,”

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The Customs Assistant Commissioner’s, Bombay High Court