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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
MOHAMMED SHAFFIQ
Airtrax Freight Logistics – Appellant
Versus
Commissioner Of Customs (general) – Respondent
ORDER :
Mohammed Shaffiq, J.
The present Writ Petition is filed challenging the show cause notice No.30/2025 dated 23.09.2025 on the premise that it is barred in terms of the time line prescribed under Regulation 17(1) of Customs Broker Licensing Regulation, 2018 (CBLR).
2. Petitioner is a proprietorship concern engaged in customs clearance work, it was originally issued with a CB License in the year 2017 by the Commisionerate at Chennai. The impugned show cause notice refers to offence report dated 05.03.2024 received by the office of Commissioner of Customs (General), Chennai, on 11.03.2024 issued by the AC (CBS) Mundra Port. The offence report refers to an incident at Mundra Port in the year January 2024, whereby a Bill of Entry No.9892525 dated 30.01.2024 came to be filed by a Customs Broker viz. M/s. Sagar Shipping Services, wherein the description of goods in all the import documents were declared as Base Oil, instead it was subsequently found to be Areca Nuts.
3. It is submitted that the following is the allegation which has been set out against the petitioner:
6. Violations made by the Customs Broker M/s.Airtrax Freight Logistics in r/o CBLR, 2018:
From the facts, circumstances a
Timelines under Regulations 17(1) and 17(5) of CBLR, 2018 are mandatory, rendering proceedings time-barred.
Customs Brokers must exercise due diligence and cannot solely rely on client declarations; repeated violations warrant suspension of license.
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