Custom broker license suspension – Officer issued post-decisional hearing notice drawn offence report – HC directs appointment another officer

Principal Commissioner of Customs Vs Akshoy Kumar Ghosh & Sons (Calcutta High Court) This intra-Court appeal filed by the Revenue is directed against the order dated 01.12.2022 passed by the learned Single Judge in WPA 26090/2022. By the said order the learned Single Bench directed the Chief Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs to appoint another officer having the same rank to hear the case of the respondents/writ petitioners relating to suspension of their license. The learned Single Bench came to the said conclusion because the authority who had issued the post-decisional hearing not...