CESTAT upheld Penalty for negligence by Custom Broker

Cargo Specialist Inc. Vs Commissioner of Customs  (CESTAT Delhi) CESTAT finds that it has been recorded in the final order that the appellant – Custom Broker inspite of having already handled eight export consignment in the past, till the inspection of the 9th consignment, has never met the exporter or the owner of M/s Fashion World, nor he had met any of the relevant person(s) namely Reyaz Ahmed @Rajbir @ Dharmender, who represented M/s Fashion World. In the final order it has been also observed that this appellant have placed great reliance on the freight forwarders through whom he had re...