https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199230 Premature cancellation of a mining lease based on disputed allegations was held invalid because fairness required an opportunity of hearing where serious civil consequences followed and the governing rule was silent on oral hearing. The Court treated denial of a personal hearing as a breach of natural justice. It also held that summary dismissal of an earlier special leave petition by a non-speaking order did not decide the merits and therefore did not bar the later writ petition under res judicata or constructive res judicata. The writ challenge was thus maintainable and the lessee succeeded. en-us Mon, 02 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:24:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199230 Premature cancellation of a mining lease based on disputed allegations was held invalid because fairness required an opportunity of hearing where serious civil consequences followed and the governing rule was silent on oral hearing. The Court treated denial of a personal hearing as a breach of natural justice. It also held that summary dismissal of an earlier special leave petition by a non-speaking order did not decide the merits and therefore did not bar the later writ petition under res judicata or constructive res judicata. The writ challenge was thus maintainable and the lessee succeeded. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 02 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199230