2017 (2) TMI 820

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....ndent. ORDER Heard Mr. S. Raghunathan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. V. Sundareswaran, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents and with their consent, the writ petition is taken up for final disposal. 2. The petitioner has filed this writ petition praying for issuance of a writ of mandamus to direct the respondents to renew the license issued to them under the C....

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....n October, 2012, the petitioner was granted a license by the 2nd respondent each for a period of two years. However, when they applied for renewal in October/November, 2015, the 2nd respondent decided to grant only a temporary renewal of license for a month upto 4-12-2015. The reason being that a show cause notice is pending adjudication and that the petitioner had filed a writ petition before thi....

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....p having an invoice value of Rs. 57,546,62/- should not be held liable to confiscation under Section 111(f) of the Customs Act, 1962; why the 75 x 20" feet containers used to carry the aforesaid goods should not be confiscated under Section 118(a) of the Customs Act; and why penalty should not be imposed under Section 116 of the Customs Act. There are two other co-noticees viz., OPG Metals Private....

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.... to refuse to renew the petitioner's Custom House Agents License. 5. The learned Standing Counsel for the respondents referred to Regulation 9 of the 2013 Regulations and submitted that in terms of sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 9, the renewal will be considered and granted in the absence of instances of any complaints of misconduct. 6. In my view, the pendency of a show cause notice....