https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174530 Rule 12 of the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 requires an applicant for prospecting licence to be given an opportunity of being heard and reasons to be recorded before refusal. A personal oral hearing is not invariably required; fair compliance can be achieved through show-cause notice and consideration of the written explanation, depending on the nature of the matter and the right involved. In assessing a prospecting licence application, the Government may consider relevant factors such as need, reserve availability, plant capacity, expansion plans and competing applications. On that basis, the refusal was held valid and not vitiated by absence of personal hearing or reliance on irrelevant considerations. en-us Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 15:47:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174530 Rule 12 of the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 requires an applicant for prospecting licence to be given an opportunity of being heard and reasons to be recorded before refusal. A personal oral hearing is not invariably required; fair compliance can be achieved through show-cause notice and consideration of the written explanation, depending on the nature of the matter and the right involved. In assessing a prospecting licence application, the Government may consider relevant factors such as need, reserve availability, plant capacity, expansion plans and competing applications. On that basis, the refusal was held valid and not vitiated by absence of personal hearing or reliance on irrelevant considerations. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174530