Supreme Court of India

Radhika Agarwal v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [2025] 2 S.C.R. 1331
Bench Sanjiv Khanna, M.M. Sundresh and Bela M. Trivedi JJ.
Decided 27 February 2025

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For the aforesaid reasons, we do not find any inconsistency between Section 19(1) of the PML Act and Section 104(1) of the Customs Act.

Judgment, page 38

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Issue for Consideration Challenge to the constitutional validity and the right of the authorized officers to arrest under the Customs Act, 1962 and the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (GST Act). Headnotes† Customs Act, 1962 – Finance Act, 2012 – Finance Act, 2013 – Finance Act, 2019 – ss.104(4), 104(6) – Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – ss.69, 70, 132 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.4, 5, 50; Chapter XII – Constitution of India – Articles 246- , 21 22(1), 32, 226 – Om Prakash case held that the offences under the Customs Act were non- cognizable and, therefore, the

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