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2019 (6) TMI 81 - KERALA HIGH COURTRetention of passports without order - petitioners were carrying foreign currency unauthorizedly about $ 10,000 - only liable to pay penalty - whether the retention of the passports by respondents 1 and 2 is legal or otherwise, can be entered into by the said Authority? - HELD THAT:- The petitioners are directed to mark appearance at 11 a.m on 24/05/2019 in the Office of the 2nd respondent-Superintendent of Customs, Cochin International Airport; in which event, the said Authority will hear them and decide whether the passports can be released to them and if not, shall issue an order specifically stating why it cannot be done. It is clarified that the 2nd respondent must take a decision as afore on 24/05/2019 itself and he will either release the passports to the petitioners or issue the order refusing to do so, on the same day itself, before the close of the working hours, so as to enable the petitioners to take further re-course, available to them in law, without any delay. Petition disposed off.
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