2017 (9) TMI 1016

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....epartment ORDER Per V. Padmanabhan : The present appeal is filed against the impugned Order-in-Original No.Kol/Cus/Airport/Admn/11/2017 dt.31.05.2007 passed by Commr. of Customs (Airport & Admn.), Kolkata. 2. Brief facts of the case are that the appellant is a Customs Broker licensed by the Calcutta Customs House. The DRI, Kolkata, investigated certain fraudulent imports, in which the appellan....

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....s, we have heard Shri P.D.Dey, ld.Consultant for the appellant and Shri S.N.Mitra, ld.D.R. for the Department. 4. It is the submission of the ld.Counsel for the appellant that the time limit prescribed under Customs Broker Licensing Regulation, were not followed in the disciplinary proceedings by the Department. In his support, he relies on the following case laws to submit that if the time limit....

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....s Brokers Licensing Regulations, stipulates that after issuance of show-cause notice, an Inquiry Authority has to be appointed to look into the allegation, who is required to submit inquirty report within 90 days of this appointment as per Regulations 20 (5). In the present case, it is seen from the records that the Inquiry Officer has submitted his report on 16.03.2017, after a delay of eight mon....