NEW DELHI: A Dubai-based Indian traveller has won a legal battle at the Delhi High Court after Customs seized his luxury Rolex watch at the Indira Gandhi International Airport , wrongly classifying it as a “commercial quantity.” The passenger had challenged the Customs order, and the Court ruled that a single high-value watch cannot automatically be treated as goods meant for trade, allowing him to redeem it upon payment of the prescribed fine. The case centres around incident from March 2024, when Mahesh, an Indian citizen residing in Dubai, arrived at Delhi Airport wearing a Rolex Submariner worth around Rs 12.7 lakh. Believing he had no dutiable goods, he passed through the Green Channel- reserved for passengers without items requiring declaration. Customs officers intercepted h

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