2020 (2) TMI 175

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..... the Respondent : M/s.Hemalatha (Senior Standing Counsel) (In both W.Ps.) COMMON ORDER By this Common order, both the Writ petitions are being disposed. 2.The petitioner was issued with the Customs Broker license on 02.05.2014. By an order dated 09.06.2015, the petitioner's license was suspended under Regulation 19(1) of the Customs Broker Licensing Regulations, 2013. The reason for suspendi .....

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..... ulations, 2013 while issuing the impugned notice dated 07.07.2015. 4.The petitioner has thus challenged both the impugned orders suspending the license and the notice issued to revoke the license under regulation 20 of the Customs Broker Licensing Regulations, 2013 in these writ petitions. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that Regulation 20 contemplates initiation of proceedings .....

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..... d of 90 days in regulation 20 is only directory and not mandatory and therefore, there is no reason to quash the impugned order and the due notice. 7. I have considered the arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondents. The issue is squarely covered by the above decision of this Court cited by the learned counsel for the petitioner. Therefore, the impugned notice dated 0 .....

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