2001 (1) TMI 136

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....asons forthcoming from the Commissioner's order for suspending the licence issued to it under the Custom House Agents Licensing Regulations, 1984, are these. Despite issue of two reminders, the licensee did not come forward with records that were asked for verifying the genuineness of the request made by it for issue of passes to its employees. The number of passes requested seemed to the departme....

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....nd for suspending the licence. Such an act is premature and hasty. The provisions of Regulation 21(2) are to be invoked in cases where immediate action is necessary. We do not find the mere suspicion, without a shred of evidence to support even a prima facie view, sufficient for a reasonable person to conclude that the continuance of custom house agent is so undesirable that its immediate suspensi....