https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=84950 A request for adjournment must be considered objectively, and an adjudicating authority must ensure an effective opportunity of personal hearing before deciding the matter. Proceeding to adjudicate without responding properly to the adjournment request and without waiting for appearance on the scheduled date amounted to denial of natural justice, which vitiated the order. The adjudication order was set aside and the matter remanded for fresh adjudication after granting a proper hearing. en-us Tue, 20 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:12:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=84950 A request for adjournment must be considered objectively, and an adjudicating authority must ensure an effective opportunity of personal hearing before deciding the matter. Proceeding to adjudicate without responding properly to the adjournment request and without waiting for appearance on the scheduled date amounted to denial of natural justice, which vitiated the order. The adjudication order was set aside and the matter remanded for fresh adjudication after granting a proper hearing. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 20 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=84950