{"id":14197,"date":"1999-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-04-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/commissioner-of-customs-air-vs-bin-sabt-jewellery-dubai-on-12-april-1999"},"modified":"2018-03-11T15:14:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T09:44:38","slug":"commissioner-of-customs-air-vs-bin-sabt-jewellery-dubai-on-12-april-1999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/commissioner-of-customs-air-vs-bin-sabt-jewellery-dubai-on-12-april-1999","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner Of Customs, Air &#8230; vs Bin Sabt Jewellery, Dubai &#8230; on 12 April, 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Commissioner Of Customs, Air &#8230; vs Bin Sabt Jewellery, Dubai &#8230; on 12 April, 1999<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 1999 (66) ECC 579, 1999 (113) ELT 377 SC, (2000) 10 SCC 164<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: A Anand, M Rao, N S Hegde<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>1. Learned Additional Solicitor General submits, on the basis of written instructions received from the Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo that should the respondent succeed in claiming the gold bars, the subject matter of these petitions, the Department will issue a detention certificate to the Airport Authority of India and waive of the demurrage charges for the period commencing from the date of seizure till the date when the matter is decided in favour of the respondent. Learned Additional Solicitor General further submits that the proceedings for confiscation of gold had been initiated by the authorities and an order has already been made confiscating the said bars. It is submitted that in view of the order of confiscation of gold bars, these petitions have now been rendered infructuous.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. Learned Counsel for the respondent submits that the order of confiscation was made behind the back of the respondent and that the respondent<br \/>\nwould take appropriate proceedings in the proper forum against the order of<br \/>\nconfiscation. We record his statement. The respondent is at liberty to take re<br \/>\ncourse to such proceedings as are available to it.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. Special Leave Petitions are dismissed as infructuous. No costs.\n<\/p>\n<p>4. The bank guarantee, on account of the subsequent orders made by<br \/>\nthe departmental authorities regarding confiscation should not be returned to<br \/>\nthe respondent because the petitioners have the custody of the confiscated<br \/>\ngold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Commissioner Of Customs, Air &#8230; vs Bin Sabt Jewellery, Dubai &#8230; on 12 April, 1999 Equivalent citations: 1999 (66) ECC 579, 1999 (113) ELT 377 SC, (2000) 10 SCC 164 Bench: A Anand, M Rao, N S Hegde ORDER 1. 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