Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 182 · Decided 22 July 1988
Indru Ramchand Bharvani and Others v. Union of India & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 182 · [1988] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 544
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 7799/1988
- Decided
- 22 July 1988
- Bench
- SABYASACHI MUKHERJI, S. RANGANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Customs Act Section 123
Headnote
BHARVANJ AND OTHERS v. UNION OF !NOIA & OTHERS JULY 22, 1988 6 [SABYASACHI MUKHARJI ANDS. RANGANATHAN, JJ.J c Customs Act, 1962: Sections I JO, 112 and 123-Seizure of goods on reasonable belief that they are smuggled-Whether reasonable belief could be based on presumptions-Diamonds has had a fair hearing-Conscience of Court to be satisfied. D On receiving secret information that smuggled diamonds had been kept by petitioners Nos. 1 and 2 in the premises of M/s Gems Impex Corporation, Bombay, petitioner No. 3, which firm was being managed by Petitioners N11s. 1 and 2, the
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