https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=248327 Prior clearance of the examination under the 1984 Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations could not be treated as a disqualification under the 2004 Regulations, because the later scheme substantially continued the earlier qualification structure and preserved prior acts done under the old regime. A fresh customs house agent licence also could not be refused merely because a criminal charge-sheet had been filed, as an unproved allegation does not displace the presumption of innocence or establish lack of an unblemished record. On these principles, rejection of the licence application on those two grounds was held unsustainable and the authority was directed to reconsider the application accordingly. en-us Fri, 07 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:53:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=248327 Prior clearance of the examination under the 1984 Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations could not be treated as a disqualification under the 2004 Regulations, because the later scheme substantially continued the earlier qualification structure and preserved prior acts done under the old regime. A fresh customs house agent licence also could not be refused merely because a criminal charge-sheet had been filed, as an unproved allegation does not displace the presumption of innocence or establish lack of an unblemished record. On these principles, rejection of the licence application on those two grounds was held unsustainable and the authority was directed to reconsider the application accordingly. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 07 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=248327