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2023 (7) TMI 963 - AT - CustomsSuspension of Customs Broker License - single alleged misdemeanour - violation of regulation 16 of Customs Broker Licencing Regulations, 2018 - HELD THAT:- The suspension has been ordered for a single alleged misdemeanour of August/September 2021 and that, too, in clearance of an article that is permissible for import subject to necessary licences. The goods are not a normal item of import requiring close familiarity on the part of the importer. The claim of the appellant to unblemished record of half a century as a professional ‘customs broker’ has not been disputed. The apprehension of similar modus operandi that exercised the mind of the licencing authority is, thus, needless. Several months have elapsed since the alleged incident before suspension was resorted to by the licencing authority. Regulation 16 of Customs Broker Licencing Regulations, 2018 may be invoked only when immediate action is warranted and such circumstances did not obviously exist. The suspension is set aside - appeal allowed.
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