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Courts can't support perpetuation of caste: HC
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
|February 15, 2025
The Madras High Court has stayed the operation of a single judge's order that declared a provision of Baggage Rules ultra vires to a provision of Customs Act regarding jewellery worn on the person and the judge's direction to take action against the Air Customs officers who seized gold ornaments including the nuptial thread (thaali) of a Sri Lankan national on arrival at the Chennai Airport.
However, the division bench consisting of Justices S S Sundar and C Saravanan directed the Customs department to return the seized jewellery after obtaining security or bond or personal guarantee from the passengers concerned.
The orders were issued on the appeals filed by the Principal Commissioner of Customs, Chennai, challenging the January 31, 2025 order of the single judge (Justice Krishnan Ramasamy).
The single judge had declared ultra vires the Baggage Rules and ordered release of the gold ornaments, apart from directing the DoPT of the union government to take appropriate action against the seizing officer for alleged excesses.
This story is from the February 15, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Nagapattinam.
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