https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=74336 Refusal to renew a gold dealer's licence cannot be automatic merely because of a past offence; the licensing authority must consider the seriousness of the breach, whether there is a persistent tendency to contravene the law, and whether non-renewal is warranted as a drastic measure. The authority's failure to assess those factors made the rejection unsustainable, so the matter required fresh consideration on the gravity and persistence of the alleged violation. The record also indicated that the case concerned gold ornaments rather than contraband primary gold, a relevant circumstance in assessing seriousness. en-us Sat, 16 Dec 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:19:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=74336 Refusal to renew a gold dealer's licence cannot be automatic merely because of a past offence; the licensing authority must consider the seriousness of the breach, whether there is a persistent tendency to contravene the law, and whether non-renewal is warranted as a drastic measure. The authority's failure to assess those factors made the rejection unsustainable, so the matter required fresh consideration on the gravity and persistence of the alleged violation. The record also indicated that the case concerned gold ornaments rather than contraband primary gold, a relevant circumstance in assessing seriousness. Case-Laws Indian Laws Sat, 16 Dec 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=74336