Delhi High Court Orders Release of Detained Gold Bar; Says Absence of SCN Makes Continued Detention Illegal

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Delhi High Court Orders Release of Detained Gold Bar; Says Absence of SCN Makes Continued Detention Illegal

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08/12/2025

By Mariya Paliwala

Delhi High Court Orders Release of Detained Gold Bar; Says Absence of SCN Makes Continued Detention Illegal

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The Delhi High Court has directed the Customs Department at IGI Airport, New Delhi, to release a gold bar weighing 116.60 grams, holding that its continued detention was unsustainable in the absence of a mandatory Show Cause Notice (SCN) under the Customs Act, 1962. The Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Shail Jain…

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Mariya Paliwala https://www.jurishour.in/

Mariya is the Senior Editor at Juris Hour. She has 7+ years of experience on covering tax litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and various tribunals including CESTAT, ITAT, NCLAT, NCLT, etc. Mariya graduated from MLSU Law College, Udaipur (Raj.) with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. She started her career as a freelance tax reporter in the leading online legal news companies.

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