2017 (6) TMI 741

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....DR) - for the Respondent. ORDER Per. S.K. Mohanty The appellant has filed this appeal against the impugned order dated 17/11/2016, wherein the CHA licence was revoked and security deposit furnished by the CHA was forfeited. The submissions of the appellant are that the procedures prescribed in the CBLR, 2013 for revoking the licence has not been properly followed by the authorities in as much ....

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.... and to be strictly followed. The relevant paragraphs in the said judgment are extracted herein below for convenience of reference. "7. It is plain that in the case there has been a violation of the time-limits set out in Regulation 20 of the CBLR (corresponding to Regulation 22 of the CHALR). In the decision dated 12th May, 2016 in Cus. AA 25/2015 [Indair Carrier Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Cus....

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....e is no time limit prescribed for completion of such proceedings. Hence, it has been decided by the Board to prescribe an overall time limit of nine months from the date of receipt of offence report, by prescribing time limits at various stages of Issue of Show Cause Notice, submission of inquiry report by the Deputy Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs recording his findin....

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....rder dated 29th April, 2016 in W.P.(C) No. 3071/2015 (M/s Sunil Dutt v. Commissioner of Customs (General) New Customs House). The same position has been reiterated by the Madras High Court in Sanco Trans Ltd. v. Commissioner of Customs, Sea Port/Imports, Chennai - 2015 (322) E.L.T. 170 (Mad.) and Commissioner v. Eltece Associates - 2016 (334) E.L.T. A50 (Mad.)." 8. Recently by an order dated 24t....