TMI Blog1999 (1) TMI 94X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... . [Order per : Gowri Shankar, Member (T)]. Appeal taken up for disposal with the consent of both sides. The appeal is against the order dated 10th December, 1998 of the Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai suspending, under the provisions of Rule 21(2) of the Custom House Agent Regulation, 1984; the Custom House Agent licence issued to the appellant. 2. When the application for stay of oper ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nt. In his order the Collector has ordered suspension on the ground that the appellant s firm did not exercise proper control over its employee and has to be held responsible for acts of commission or omission of such employees. He, however, agrees that the responsibility of the Agent in the acts is not yet clear and says that the matter has been taken over by the Central Bureau of Investigation. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... manner, which it has been done. The provisions of sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 21 should be resorted to when it is necessary to immediately stop the functioning of a Custom House agent in order to safeguard the interests of the Custom House. The principles of natural justice provided for in sub-regulation (3) of Regulation 20 can thus be dispensed with. The existence of such situation has not ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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