2001 (1) TMI 310

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..... H. Joglekar, Member (T)]. On hearing both sides it appeared that on a short point of law the main appeal itself could be disposed of. This was done. 2. The appellants are a CHA. Their licence was revoked by the Commissioner of Customs (G), Mumbai. The operative portion of his order reads as under : Now, therefore, I, G.K. Pillai, Commissioner of Customs (GEN), Mumbai, in exercise of the .....

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..... der Regulation 11; (b) failure of the Custom House Agent to comply with any of the provisions of these regulations, whether within the jurisdiction of the said Commissioner or anywhere else; (c) any misconduct on his part whether within the jurisdiction of the said Commissioner or anywhere else which in the opinion of the Commissioner renders him unfit to transact any business in the Customs S .....

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..... circumstance the licence could be suspended pending an enquiry referred to in Regulation 23. But this extra-ordinary power enables the Commissioner to suspend the licence but not to revoke it Revocation under sub-regulation (1) of Regulation 21 has necessarily to follow the route prescribed in Regulation 23. The regulations do not permit any quicker revocation of the licence. 5. We find that th .....

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