Objective of giving show cause notice is not an empty formality: HC

Riddhi Siddhi Collection Vs Union of India and Ors (Bombay High Court) HC held that The objective of giving show cause notice is not an empty formality. The objective is to make the party aware of the case it has to meet. Thus time is given to respond to the same. The reduction of time as given in the notice, certainly causes prejudice to the party. The conduct of the petitioner in not attending the personal hearing would not absolve the Revenue from giving time of thirty days as stated in the notice, on serving the complete show cause notice on the parties. In these circumstances, there has b...