Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 127 · Decided 2 May 1988

Chuharmal v. Union of India & ORS.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
1988 INSC 127 · [1988] 3 S.C.R. 797
Case number
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1008/1986
Decided
2 May 1988
Bench
SABYASACHI MUKHERJI, S. RANGANATHAN (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Dismissed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Constitution Article 136, 226; Customs Act Section 110(2), 111(2), 111, 112, 123, 124, 105

Headnote

Customs Act, 1962: Sections 110(2), 111(2), 111, 112, 123 and 124-Goods seized under the Act-Extension of period of six months · from date of seizure~Cannot be ordered ex parte by Collector~ To be preceded by notice to affected party-Value of goods seized­ Determination of for purposes 1973 the Superintendent of Central Excise issued search warrant under s. 105 of the Customs Act, 1962 authoris­ ing an Inspector of Central Excise to search the residential premises of A B c the petitioner. A search was made and 565 foreign wrist watches were D recovered from the premises.

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