https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=28805 An order declining waiver or reduction of penalty under section 18(2A) of the Wealth-tax Act was held unsustainable because the affected person was not given an opportunity of hearing. The court treated the request as a statutory remedy affecting civil rights and applied the rule of natural justice to both executive and quasi-judicial decision-making. As no hearing preceded the rejection of relief, the orders were quashed and the matter was remitted for rehearing in accordance with law. en-us Mon, 29 Mar 1982 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:18:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=28805 An order declining waiver or reduction of penalty under section 18(2A) of the Wealth-tax Act was held unsustainable because the affected person was not given an opportunity of hearing. The court treated the request as a statutory remedy affecting civil rights and applied the rule of natural justice to both executive and quasi-judicial decision-making. As no hearing preceded the rejection of relief, the orders were quashed and the matter was remitted for rehearing in accordance with law. Case-Laws Wealth-tax Mon, 29 Mar 1982 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=28805