Right to fair hearing: failure to supply relied-upon documents and deny cross-examination mandated remand and fresh inquiry.

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....Non-supply of relied-upon documents with the show-cause notice and refusal to permit requested cross-examination were held to breach the principles of natural justice and the right to a fair hearing; the impugned order was quashed and the matter remanded for a fresh inquiry from the stage of issuance of the show-cause notice. The respondents are directed to supply all relied-upon documents with a list of RUDs, permit cross-examination where requested, and complete the inquiry in accordance with law within three months.....