Adjudication order without proper SCN is non-est in the eye of law

Shyam Hardware Store Vs State of Jharkhand (Jharkhand High Court) The respondents have failed to establish that the petitioner has ever ignored the directions given in the inspection report rather it appears from the entire order sheet (Annexture-3 series) that the petitioner has not only appeared on the date as prescribed in the inspection report but also on various dates as required by the adjudicating officer. At no point of time, the adjudicating officer has mentioned in the order sheet that the petitioner has failed to appear. On the contrary, it appears from the order sheet that the adju...