Delhi High Court Slams Customs for Wrongly Treating Massagers as Sex Toys; Orders Clear Import Policy

The Delhi High Court has imposed a ₹50,000 fine on the Customs Department for “unnecessarily harassing” two firms whose imported body-massagers were seized after being wrongly classified as sex toys. 

The Court reiterated its earlier direction for release of the seized consignments and directed CBIC to frame a uniform policy to govern import of “body massagers” or “sex toys.”

Customs had seized the products, asserting they were battery-operated devices intended for sexual use and contending that the importers lacked required approvals from DCGI, and failed to obtain an EPR certificate under the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022. 

[Techsync v. The Superintendent of Customs SIIB]