Judgment Void if Bench Member Absent During Hearing; Ruling on 10.01.2018 Invalid, Appellant Wins Case.

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....Scope of pronouncing of judgement - The law does not permit that the case is heard by one entity and the order is pronounced by another who has not heard the case at all. In such circumstances, the question posed is hereby answered in favour of the Appellant and it is held that the order dated 10.01.2018, having been passed by a bench in which one of the member was not a member of the bench who had heard the matter at the time when it was reserved, is patently illegal and void ab-initio. - AT....