https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=97102 Forfeiture of the facility to pay central excise duty on a fortnightly basis under the Central Excise Rules, 1944 attracted the principles of natural justice because it had immediate civil consequences and affected the assessee's concessional payment right. The court noted that mere silence in the rules did not exclude a pre-decisional hearing by necessary implication, and procedural fairness could still be followed without defeating the amended scheme. The stated principle is that an administrative or quasi-judicial order carrying civil consequences requires notice and an opportunity of hearing unless the statute clearly excludes that safeguard. en-us Fri, 16 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:42:07 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=97102 Forfeiture of the facility to pay central excise duty on a fortnightly basis under the Central Excise Rules, 1944 attracted the principles of natural justice because it had immediate civil consequences and affected the assessee's concessional payment right. The court noted that mere silence in the rules did not exclude a pre-decisional hearing by necessary implication, and procedural fairness could still be followed without defeating the amended scheme. The stated principle is that an administrative or quasi-judicial order carrying civil consequences requires notice and an opportunity of hearing unless the statute clearly excludes that safeguard. Case-Laws Central Excise Fri, 16 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=97102