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DELHI HIGH COURT
SANJIV KHANNA, CHANDER SHEKHAR
Harjeet Singh Johar – Appellant
Versus
Commissioner of Customs (General) – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Sanjiv Khanna, J. (Oral)--As a short issue arises in the present petition, we have, with consent of counsel, taken up the writ petition for final hearing and heard arguments.
2. The petitioner has impugned show cause notice dated 14.07.2017 issued by the Principal Commissioner under Regulation 20 of the Customs Broker & Licensing Regulations, 2013 (`2013 Regulations', for short), inter alia, on the ground that it has been issued after expiry of limitation period of 90 days from the date of receipt of the offence report. Hence, it is bad in law, illegal and should be quashed.
3. The petitioner has also challenged legality and correctness of order dated 12.06.2017 passed by the Commissioner confirming the order of the suspension of licence in terms of Regulation 19(2) of the 2013 Regulations.
4. In order to appreciate controversy, we would like to reproduce Regulations 20 and 22 of the 2013 Regulations which read as under:
"20. Procedure for revoking licence or imposing penalty.
(1) The Commissioner of Customs shall issue a notice in writing to the Customs Broker within a period of ninety days from the date of receipt of an offence report, stating the grounds on which
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