https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106415 An order recording a serious adverse finding against an official liquidator, with civil and reputational consequences, could not be sustained because it was made without prior notice or an opportunity to be heard. The court treated prior hearing as a settled requirement of natural justice flowing from Article 14, and held that neither the circumstances nor a post-decisional hearing justified departure from that rule. The adverse finding and the impugned order were set aside for breach of natural justice, while the direction requiring an affidavit from the Regional Director was left undisturbed. en-us Thu, 01 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:03:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106415 An order recording a serious adverse finding against an official liquidator, with civil and reputational consequences, could not be sustained because it was made without prior notice or an opportunity to be heard. The court treated prior hearing as a settled requirement of natural justice flowing from Article 14, and held that neither the circumstances nor a post-decisional hearing justified departure from that rule. The adverse finding and the impugned order were set aside for breach of natural justice, while the direction requiring an affidavit from the Regional Director was left undisturbed. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 01 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106415