Baggage Rules doesn’t apply to jewellery worn in person: Madras HC

Thanushika Vs Principal Commissioner of Customs (Chennai) (Madras High Court) Madras High Court held that the Baggage Rule, 2016 will apply only to the baggage and not to the jewellery worn in person. Accordingly, petition is allowed and confiscation order quashed. Facts- The petitioner is a citizen of SriLanka and had come down to Chennai and She got married to one Jeyakanth, who is also a Srilankan citizen. Thereafter, the petitioner’s husband left for France, where he is living currently and the petitioner left for SriLanka with her parents to await till she get spouse sponsor visa. S...