https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=781879 NCLAT (Chennai) held that the principles of natural justice were violated when the NCLT (Bengaluru) decided a company petition on merits in the absence of counsel for the appellants, without passing any order to proceed ex parte or granting a specific ex parte hearing date. The Tribunal was required to ensure a fair opportunity of hearing even where no detailed procedure is prescribed. As this defect vitiated the proceedings, NCLAT allowed the appeal, quashed the impugned order dated 30.11.2022, and directed a fresh decision of the company petition by NCLT after hearing all parties, subject to the appellants depositing costs of Rs. 50,000 in the Prime Minister's Relief Fund within 10 days. en-us Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 22 Nov 2025 07:36:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=781879 NCLAT (Chennai) held that the principles of natural justice were violated when the NCLT (Bengaluru) decided a company petition on merits in the absence of counsel for the appellants, without passing any order to proceed ex parte or granting a specific ex parte hearing date. The Tribunal was required to ensure a fair opportunity of hearing even where no detailed procedure is prescribed. As this defect vitiated the proceedings, NCLAT allowed the appeal, quashed the impugned order dated 30.11.2022, and directed a fresh decision of the company petition by NCLT after hearing all parties, subject to the appellants depositing costs of Rs. 50,000 in the Prime Minister's Relief Fund within 10 days. Case-Laws IBC Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=781879