https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=76619 Regulation 20(2) of the Customs House Agent's Licensing Regulations, 2004 confers an independent power to impose immediate suspension where urgent action is needed and an inquiry is pending or contemplated. Prior compliance with the procedure under Regulation 22 is not a mandatory precondition for invoking that power, though it must be exercised cautiously and may be followed by a post-decisional hearing. On the facts, allegations of duplicate export documents and fabricated customs stamps were treated as serious enough to justify interim suspension, and the HC declined writ interference because the factual dispute had to be examined by the regulatory authority. The suspension was upheld and the inquiry was directed to be completed expeditiously. en-us Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=76619 Regulation 20(2) of the Customs House Agent's Licensing Regulations, 2004 confers an independent power to impose immediate suspension where urgent action is needed and an inquiry is pending or contemplated. Prior compliance with the procedure under Regulation 22 is not a mandatory precondition for invoking that power, though it must be exercised cautiously and may be followed by a post-decisional hearing. On the facts, allegations of duplicate export documents and fabricated customs stamps were treated as serious enough to justify interim suspension, and the HC declined writ interference because the factual dispute had to be examined by the regulatory authority. The suspension was upheld and the inquiry was directed to be completed expeditiously. Case-Laws Central Excise Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=76619