https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44074 Existing customs house agents were held to have locus standi to challenge licensing regulations because the scheme directly affected their regulated professional interests, not merely private commercial rivalry. The Court further found the Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations, 1984, and the consequential public notice invalid insofar as they introduced temporary licences for untrained entrants while diluting safeguards of competence, experience, solvency and suitability. A specialised licensing regime must rest on rational, non-arbitrary classification linked to competence and public interest; a scheme that treats materially unequal persons alike is unconstitutional. The objection based on publication in the Official Gazette was rejected, but the substantive defects in the regulatory scheme remained fatal. en-us Fri, 02 Jul 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:19:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44074 Existing customs house agents were held to have locus standi to challenge licensing regulations because the scheme directly affected their regulated professional interests, not merely private commercial rivalry. The Court further found the Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations, 1984, and the consequential public notice invalid insofar as they introduced temporary licences for untrained entrants while diluting safeguards of competence, experience, solvency and suitability. A specialised licensing regime must rest on rational, non-arbitrary classification linked to competence and public interest; a scheme that treats materially unequal persons alike is unconstitutional. The objection based on publication in the Official Gazette was rejected, but the substantive defects in the regulatory scheme remained fatal. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 02 Jul 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44074