2014 (8) TMI 173

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....r the Respondent : Shri V P Batra, (AR) PER : Ashok Jindal The appellant (CHA) is in appeal against the order dated 29.11.2011 whereby CHA license was suspended. He has also filed an application to bring additional ground on record. The facts of the case are that on the basis of intelligence gathered by the DRI, Zonal Unit, Ahmedabad, that some importers engaged in the import of Glass Chaton....

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....s, which were found blank. These two columns of Rate and Value were filled up by the CHA with grossly undervalued figures and after taking a printout of such invoices they were presented before Customs for seeking clearance of the imports. Shri Vinod Kumar Sharma, Director of the said CHA firm in his statement recorded by DRI admitted to have committed the offence of undervaluation by way of tampe....

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....be revoked. 2. Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant submits that as per circular No. 9/2001 proceedings against CHA can be initiated on the basis of offence report received against the CHA and license can be suspended but the proceedings under Regulation (22) of CHALR are to be completed within 9 months from the date of receipt of offence report. As of now more than 2 years have....