2016 (5) TMI 82

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....e For the Respondent : Shri Ranjan Khanna, DR ORDER PER B RAVICHANDRAN: The appellant is a licensed customs broker. The present appeal is against the order of the Commissioner of Customs (General) New Delhi dated 24.4.15, confirming the suspension of the Customs Broker license of the appellant. The said order was issued on the ground that appellant acted in a irresponsible manner and f....

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.... they cannot be put to any penal liability even if there was some mis-declaration done by the importer, as long as the Customs Broker has followed the conditions and the obligations prescribed under CBLR, 2013. Regarding the time frame to be followed by the officers entrusted with the powers of suspension or revocation of license, it is the case of the appellant that their license was suspended on....

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..... The admitted facts of the case are that a license of the appellant was suspended on 23.2.2015 and the order of Commissioner was confirmed by the impugned order dated 24.4.15. Till date no show cause notice is issued for initiating proceedings under the provisions of CHLR, 2013. The Tribunal in the case of Gunjan Sharma vs. CC, New Delhi [2015 (318) ELT 513 (Tri-Del)] held that in such situations....