TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
1998 (2) TMI 357
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.... : Gowri Shankar, Member (T)]. - This order is against the order of the Commissioner of Customs suspending the Custom House Agents licence granted to the appellant. 2. The reason for the suspension of the licence indicates that the appellant sublet its licence to partner of M/s J.B. Cargo Forwarders. The order narrates that the partner, J.B. Vaz had admitted that he received export cargo c....
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....ugh he promised to produce them on 2nd July, 1997. 3. Advocate for the appellant contends that the authority letter was subsequently produced before the Commissioner but could not explain why the letter could not be produced for two months after they were asked for, if they were actually in the appellants possession. He contends that in the circumstances that the alleged wrong doing by the a....
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.... appear to support the Commissioner's view the basis for the suspension that the appellant had sub let the licence. However the Commissioner's order gives no dates as to the clearance. We are not in a position to say whether the transaction between the appellant and J.B. Vaz were recent or not although there is some indication that it commenced in April, 1997. No doubt it is of great importance th....
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....on had taken time. We are unable to appreciate what reason the delay was. The Commissioner's order of suspension itself indicates the essential facts. 6. The judgment in P.S. Bedi & Co. v. C.C. - 1992 (59) E.L.T. 293 cited by the Commissioner supports the view that the provision for cancellation of suspension of a licence without notice can be resorted to in appropriate cases. This however i....