Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 755 · Decided 29 October 2010
Oryx Fisheries Private Limited v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 755 · [2010] 13 S.C.R. 234
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9489/2010
- Decided
- 29 October 2010
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Administrative law: c Bias - Quasi judicial authority - Show cause notice - Quality complaint filed before the Development Authority alleging export of poor quality sea food by exporter - Issue of show cause notice and thereafter cancellation of registration certificate by authority statutory power under D r. 43 - Show cause notice indicating that the authority had completely made up his mind and reached definite conclusion about the alleged guilt of exporter - Held: A quasi judicial authority must act fairly and with an open mind while initiating show cause proceedings - If
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