Bombay HC Stays Redemption of Confiscated Gold Due to Jurisdictional Concerns

Commissioner of Customs Vs Shehbaz Nasir Khan Rizwani (Bombay High Court) The Bombay High Court considered an application seeking a stay on a CESTAT order that had granted redemption of confiscated gold to a passenger. The appeal had already been admitted on two substantial questions of law: first, whether the CESTAT had jurisdiction to decide the matter when the order in appeal was revisable under Section 129DD of the Customs Act, 1962, and second, whether the Tribunal’s order was perverse for ignoring facts suggesting that the respondent, being a frequent flyer with around ninety short vis...