https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279417 In a quasi-judicial securities enquiry, statements recorded during investigation and relied upon against the noticee could not be used without allowing cross-examination where those statements were recorded behind his back and were disputed. Denial of that opportunity offended natural justice because cross-examination was necessary to test the truth of the material relied upon. The communication refusing cross-examination also finally determined a substantive issue in the enquiry and was therefore an appealable order under section 15T. The refusal was set aside and the enquiry officer was directed to permit cross-examination of the six persons concerned. en-us Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 12:52:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279417 In a quasi-judicial securities enquiry, statements recorded during investigation and relied upon against the noticee could not be used without allowing cross-examination where those statements were recorded behind his back and were disputed. Denial of that opportunity offended natural justice because cross-examination was necessary to test the truth of the material relied upon. The communication refusing cross-examination also finally determined a substantive issue in the enquiry and was therefore an appealable order under section 15T. The refusal was set aside and the enquiry officer was directed to permit cross-examination of the six persons concerned. Case-Laws SEBI Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279417