https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311831 Extraordinary writ relief was treated as unavailable where the Controller had become functus officio and an adequate appellate remedy remained, so a writ to compel subpoenas would have been ineffective. In patent opposition proceedings, however, the Controller was held bound to permit bona fide witness evidence: the statutory hearing obligation and natural justice required that a party be allowed to adduce the evidence it considered necessary, and subpoenas for witnesses could not be refused in discretion, though adjournment remained a matter of judicial control. The appellate route remained the proper remedy at that stage. en-us Wed, 19 Dec 1934 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 17:21:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311831 Extraordinary writ relief was treated as unavailable where the Controller had become functus officio and an adequate appellate remedy remained, so a writ to compel subpoenas would have been ineffective. In patent opposition proceedings, however, the Controller was held bound to permit bona fide witness evidence: the statutory hearing obligation and natural justice required that a party be allowed to adduce the evidence it considered necessary, and subpoenas for witnesses could not be refused in discretion, though adjournment remained a matter of judicial control. The appellate route remained the proper remedy at that stage. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 19 Dec 1934 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311831