Reasoned judicial orders required when reversing findings and remanding matters, or the order may be set aside.

A judicial order setting aside concurrent findings and remanding a matter must disclose reasons. A cryptic or non-speaking order is unsustainable because judicial review and appellate scrutiny require a discernible basis for the decision. Here, the High Court reversed the trial and revisional orders and directed fresh disposal without recording any reasons, so the order was set aside and the matter remitted to the High Court for fresh disposal after hearing both parties.

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Issues: Whether the High Court could set aside the trial and revisional orders and remand the matter by a cryptic, non-speaking order without recording reasons.

Analysis: The Court noted that the High Court had reversed the concurrent findings of the courts below and ordered a fresh disposal without indicating any reasons. An order that does not disclose reasons is treated as unsustainable in law because judicial review and appellate scrutiny require a discernible basis for the decision. Since the impugned order did not contain any reasoning, it could not be sustained.

Conclusion: The non-speaking order of the High Court was set aside and the matter was remanded to the High Court for fresh disposal after hearing both parties.

Ratio Decidendi: A judicial order that sets aside lower court findings and remands a matter must disclose reasons; a cryptic or non-speaking order is liable to be set aside and the matter remitted for fresh decision in accordance with law.

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