https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=370284 An administrative refusal affecting substantive rights must comply with natural justice, including prior notice, an opportunity of hearing, and a reasoned speaking decision. Here, refusal orders on advance licence applications were issued without a show cause notice or personal hearing and only stated that the petitioner was on the Denied Entity List, so they did not amount to a proper determination of the applications. The Bombay HC held that such non-speaking orders were liable to be quashed and the applications restored for fresh disposal in accordance with natural justice. en-us Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 07:25:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=370284 An administrative refusal affecting substantive rights must comply with natural justice, including prior notice, an opportunity of hearing, and a reasoned speaking decision. Here, refusal orders on advance licence applications were issued without a show cause notice or personal hearing and only stated that the petitioner was on the Denied Entity List, so they did not amount to a proper determination of the applications. The Bombay HC held that such non-speaking orders were liable to be quashed and the applications restored for fresh disposal in accordance with natural justice. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=370284