nah, you just biased.
higuruma didn't know that he will confiscate ce form yuji. he thought he will take ct, cause yuji was the first enemy without ct that he met. all previous opponents had ct, so higuruma knew only about confiscation of ct. so he met yuji and only then he found out about confiscating ce, when someone doesn't have ct.
same here - he didn't know aboute judge confiscating cursed tool, when enemy has one. now he knows. just like in situation with yuji.
it's just matter of priorities: tools > ct > ce.
in the first situation you're being ok with that, but in exact same second situation - you don't