F-Card Revocation Not Sustainable Without Charges Against Customs Broker Firm

Shyamal Kumar Ghosh Vs Principal Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Kolkata) Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata Bench, has set aside the order revoking the F-Category Identity Card (F-Card) of Shri Shyamal Kumar Ghosh and the imposition of a Rs. 50,000 penalty. The Tribunal, in its order pronounced on June 19, 2025, concluded that the F-Card was inoperative at the time of the alleged violations and that the charges against Ghosh under the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations (CBLR), 2018, were not substantiated by concrete evidence. Shri Shyamal Kumar Ghosh, an ...