https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44867 A personal hearing on a pre-deposit waiver application is not always mandatory, but once a court has specifically directed the appellate authority to hear the application and the authority has itself fixed a hearing date, it cannot dispose of the matter ex parte without cogent reasons. Such departure breaches fair procedure and the binding effect of the earlier judicial direction. Orders directing pre-deposit, passed without an effective hearing in those circumstances, are unsustainable and liable to be quashed; the waiver applications must be reheard and decided afresh after personal hearing, with recovery stayed until that decision. en-us Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:57:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44867 A personal hearing on a pre-deposit waiver application is not always mandatory, but once a court has specifically directed the appellate authority to hear the application and the authority has itself fixed a hearing date, it cannot dispose of the matter ex parte without cogent reasons. Such departure breaches fair procedure and the binding effect of the earlier judicial direction. Orders directing pre-deposit, passed without an effective hearing in those circumstances, are unsustainable and liable to be quashed; the waiver applications must be reheard and decided afresh after personal hearing, with recovery stayed until that decision. Case-Laws Central Excise Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=44867