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1 - 8 of 8 (0.69 seconds)Article 131 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Section 142 in The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 [Entire Act]
The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Section 5 in The Limitation Act, 1963 [Entire Act]
Maneka Gandhi vs Union Of India on 25 January, 1978
13. I find force in the arguments of learned counsel for the
petitioner . Had the order disposing of the complaint case in question
been passed by learned trial Court before appearance of learned
counsel on 17.8.2007, before it, then it might have been a different
matter. The aforesaid order sheets recorded by learned trial court on
17.08.2007 and reproduced by me hereinbefore, clearly reflect that
before disposal of the case on 18.08.2007 ld. counsel for the petitioner
had already appeared before it on 17.08.2007, the date fixed and as
such it was in the fitness of things that his arguments i.e. arguments
of learned counsel should have been heard before passing an
appropriate order. At the cost of repetition, it may be pointed out that
in fact the complaint case in question could not be disposed of on
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17.8.2007 at 3.45 p.m. as had been earlier ordered by learned trial
court on that date on account of paucity of time and impugned order
came to be passed only the next day. So in view of the aforesaid facts,
I have no manner of doubt that learned trial Court should have at
least heard learned counsel for the petitioner before passing an adverse
order. Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Maneka Gandhi Vs.
UOI, AIR 1978 S.C. 597, has held that the principle of audi alteram
partem mandates that no one shall be condemned unheard.
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section 138 in The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 [Entire Act]
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