https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175794 A reasonable opportunity to present a case must be assessed primarily by reference to the adjournment sought on the relevant date, not merely by earlier adjournments. Where a genuine cause is shown, refusal of that request may unjustly prevent a party from leading evidence and effectively defending the claim. In this note, the focus is on the effect of declining the adjournment sought on 24.11.1992 and the failure to consider the later application, which left the appellant without a fair hearing. The impugned rent fixation orders were therefore treated as unsustainable. en-us Wed, 08 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 11:48:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175794 A reasonable opportunity to present a case must be assessed primarily by reference to the adjournment sought on the relevant date, not merely by earlier adjournments. Where a genuine cause is shown, refusal of that request may unjustly prevent a party from leading evidence and effectively defending the claim. In this note, the focus is on the effect of declining the adjournment sought on 24.11.1992 and the failure to consider the later application, which left the appellant without a fair hearing. The impugned rent fixation orders were therefore treated as unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 08 Nov 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175794