Customs Officer Misconduct: Tribunal Upholds Quashing of Action Due to Unexplained Delay in Preliminary Enquiry.

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....Misconduct of Inspector / officer of customs - Misdeclaration of goods - evasion of customs duty - n inordinate unexplained delay itself causes prejudice to an accused employee - In each of the present cases there was no valid explanation for the inordinate delay in initiating the preliminary enquiry. - Order of CAT quashing the MoC upheld.....