Adequate hearing before ex parte tax assessment requires fresh assessment after consequential demand and bank-account attachment are set aside.

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....Ex parte tax assessments must be preceded by adequate opportunity of hearing in accordance with principles of natural justice. The note reports that the High Court applied an earlier coordinate-bench approach to set aside an ex parte assessment, the consequential demand and bank-account attachment, and remit the matter for fresh assessment after giving the taxpayer an adequate hearing.....