https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=74226 An adjudication is unsustainable where the authority decides ex parte before the assessee completes inspection of relied-upon documents and before filing a reply to the show cause notice, because this denies a fair opportunity of defence and violates natural justice. On that basis, pre-deposit under Section 35F of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 was waived, the impugned order was set aside, and the matter was remanded for fresh adjudication in accordance with law. en-us Fri, 11 Sep 1987 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:09:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=74226 An adjudication is unsustainable where the authority decides ex parte before the assessee completes inspection of relied-upon documents and before filing a reply to the show cause notice, because this denies a fair opportunity of defence and violates natural justice. On that basis, pre-deposit under Section 35F of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 was waived, the impugned order was set aside, and the matter was remanded for fresh adjudication in accordance with law. Case-Laws Central Excise Fri, 11 Sep 1987 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=74226