Court Rules Against Respondents for Delays in Show Cause Notices, Citing Prejudice to Petitioner Due to Years of Inaction.

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....Validity of SCN - gross delay in adjudicating the show cause notices - Since the respondents were totally responsible for gross delay in adjudicating the show cause notices issued by the respondents causing prejudice and hardship to the petitioner and have transferred the show cause notices to call book and kept in abeyance without communication to the petitioner for more than 7 to 11 years, the respondents cannot be allowed to raise alternate remedy at this stage. - HC....