2017 (5) TMI 935

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....tant Commissioner (AR) for the respondent ORDER Per: C J Mathew The principal ground espoused before us in this appeal filed under regulation no.21 of Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2013 against order no.16/CAC/CC (G)/SRP/CBS/(Admn) dated 11^th March 2015 of Commissioner of Customs (General), New Custom House, Mumbai which has revoked the customs broker license no.11/314 issued or....

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....ays against the stipulated 270 days from beginning to end as per the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2013. Though the license was suspended on 6^th November 2013 and charge-sheet issued on 13^th January 2014, and the revocation order passed within 65 days of the receipt of inquiry report, the long gap between ordering of the enquiry and the submission of the inquiry report on 6^th January 2....

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....ding the license of the customs house agent and it was on record that the submission of the inquiry report was not in accord with the time-frame stipulated in the Regulations. 4. Learned Counsel for appellant relies upon the decision of the Tribunal in M/s SK Logistics v. Commissioner of Customs (General), New Delhi [2015-TIOL-2333-CESTAT-DEL], affirmed by the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi in Com....

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.... was also proximate to the submission of offence report. However, the green signal afforded to the licensing authority to conclude the disciplinary proceedings cannot be construed as approval of the tardiness in completing the enquiry; the issue before the Hon'ble High Court was the continuance of a suspension that had been ordered without due process despite the exigency not having been amply dem....