TMI Blog2018 (12) TMI 510X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the power to do so. That said, I may also add that suspending a trade license-rhetorically put, an economic death sentence-visits upon the licensee with severe financial consequences. So it offends the notions of justice and constitutional morality if the authorities take too technical a view of the provisions dealing with suspension of license. To meet the ends of justice, as mandated under th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tration. Aggrieved, it has filed this writ petition. 2. Sri P.G. Jayashankar, the petitioner's counsel, has taken me through various statutory provisions and elaborately addressed on the merits. Besides that, faced with alternative remedy, he has submitted that the Ext.P4 contains no reasons. Nor has it been preceded by any notice informing the petitioner of the reasons why the license must ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... . Heard Sri P.G. Jayashankar, the learned counsel for the petitioner, and Sri Natraj, the learned Additional Solicitor General of India. 5. Indeed, Sri Jayashankar has taken me through the entire statutory scheme and also a few specific provisions, besides asserting that the Ext.P4 suffers from the vice of violating the principles of natural justice. Equally, the learned Additional Solicitor Ge ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... lation (1), the Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, shall, within fifteen days from the date of such suspension, give an opportunity of hearing to the Customs Broker whose license is suspended and may pass such order as he deems fit either revoking the suspension or continuing it, as the case may be, within fifteen days from the date of hearing granted ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... dated under the Regulation 16, the Customs Department will immediately inform MBK Logistics, through a detailed notice, about the grounds of suspension, and hear its representative. The authority concerned will later pass orders expeditiously. This exercise shall conclude in two weeks after the Department s receiving a copy of this judgment. 9. Of course, as contended by Sri Jayashankar, it is ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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