https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=158254 A quasi-judicial authority must record and communicate reasons for rejecting an appeal, even where no express statutory or administrative mandate exists. The duty to give reasons arises from natural justice and enables effective judicial scrutiny; a non-speaking order cannot sustain the rejection of an appeal. On that basis, the impugned rejection was quashed, and the matter was directed to be reconsidered afresh after affording the petitioner a hearing and issuing a reasoned decision within the stipulated time. en-us Thu, 07 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:19:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=158254 A quasi-judicial authority must record and communicate reasons for rejecting an appeal, even where no express statutory or administrative mandate exists. The duty to give reasons arises from natural justice and enables effective judicial scrutiny; a non-speaking order cannot sustain the rejection of an appeal. On that basis, the impugned rejection was quashed, and the matter was directed to be reconsidered afresh after affording the petitioner a hearing and issuing a reasoned decision within the stipulated time. Case-Laws VAT and Sales Tax Thu, 07 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=158254