https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=211574 Under Section 36A(4) of the NDPS Act, the accused must be produced before the court and informed that extension of time for investigation is being considered; a formal written notice is not required. On the facts, the accused was present when the extension application was heard and the order recorded that he had nothing to say, so an opportunity of hearing was inferred. Earlier extension orders passed without hearing did not render detention illegal once a later valid extension order was passed before filing of the chargesheet, and the right to default bail did not survive after the chargesheet had been filed. en-us Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:37:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=211574 Under Section 36A(4) of the NDPS Act, the accused must be produced before the court and informed that extension of time for investigation is being considered; a formal written notice is not required. On the facts, the accused was present when the extension application was heard and the order recorded that he had nothing to say, so an opportunity of hearing was inferred. Earlier extension orders passed without hearing did not render detention illegal once a later valid extension order was passed before filing of the chargesheet, and the right to default bail did not survive after the chargesheet had been filed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=211574