https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42496 A confiscation and penalty order under customs law was vulnerable where the affected party was not given the hearing contemplated by the show-cause notice and statutory procedure. The record did not show that a hearing date had been fixed before the order was passed, so the affected person was denied an opportunity to file a written statement and contest the proposed action. The existence of a statutory appeal did not prevent writ interference in the special facts, because the prior writ approach was bona fide and the absence of notice and hearing was itself sufficient to justify intervention. The matter was directed to be reconsidered afresh after notice and hearing. en-us Wed, 01 Feb 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:48:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42496 A confiscation and penalty order under customs law was vulnerable where the affected party was not given the hearing contemplated by the show-cause notice and statutory procedure. The record did not show that a hearing date had been fixed before the order was passed, so the affected person was denied an opportunity to file a written statement and contest the proposed action. The existence of a statutory appeal did not prevent writ interference in the special facts, because the prior writ approach was bona fide and the absence of notice and hearing was itself sufficient to justify intervention. The matter was directed to be reconsidered afresh after notice and hearing. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 01 Feb 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42496