INSIGHTS

Introduction : The Delhi High Court, in a case of ECG Easy Connect Logistics Pvt Ltd vs Commissioner of Customs Airport (2024), lowered the penalties on a courier agent for his involvement in bringing in counterfeit iPhones worth millions of rupees under the ‘doctrine of proportionality', and forfeiture was reduced by 50%, with the license forfeiture period changed from a permanent ban to two years. The Court considered the courier a ‘peripheral actor’, even while holding him