High Court Rules Suspension of Customs License Invalid Due to Procedural Unfairness in Charge Sheet Issuance.

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....CHA - Suspension of custom clearance license - the authority issuing the charge sheet/show cause notice, cannot, instead of telling him the charges, confront him with definite conclusions of his alleged guilt. If that is done, as has been done in the present case, the entire proceeding initiated by the show cause notice gets vitiated by unfairness and bias and the subsequent proceedings become an idle ceremony - HC....