https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279780 Proceedings before a bank's Identification Committee in wilful defaulter matters were characterised as an administrative exercise under the RBI framework, not an adjudication by a tribunal exercising judicial power. On that basis, Section 30 of the Advocates Act did not give the borrower an automatic right to appear through an advocate, because the committee was not a tribunal for that purpose. The claim to representation by a chartered accountant was also rejected, as the governing framework created no such entitlement and no sufficient necessity was shown. Assistance from a person directly connected with the petitioners' affairs and on their payroll could be permitted. en-us Fri, 15 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 05 Apr 2019 06:43:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279780 Proceedings before a bank's Identification Committee in wilful defaulter matters were characterised as an administrative exercise under the RBI framework, not an adjudication by a tribunal exercising judicial power. On that basis, Section 30 of the Advocates Act did not give the borrower an automatic right to appear through an advocate, because the committee was not a tribunal for that purpose. The claim to representation by a chartered accountant was also rejected, as the governing framework created no such entitlement and no sufficient necessity was shown. Assistance from a person directly connected with the petitioners' affairs and on their payroll could be permitted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 15 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279780