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2018 (8) TMI 1837 - HC - CustomsPrinciples of natural justice - right of cross-examine the witness denied - HELD THAT:- The appellant authority waited till 1st August 2018 to prefer this appeal. By that time, cross-examination of the witness could have been completed. By now, the adjudicating authority could well have passed the adjudication order - More or less, it is settled law that if in a quasi-judicial proceeding, a witness is produced by a party, the other party necessarily has a right of cross-examination. If we choose to formally hear out the appeal on the pure legal point whether the respondent could insist on a right of crossexamination, in our opinion, the proceedings would be further delayed, unnecessarily. We treat the appeal as in the hearing list. The appellant is directed to immediately fix the date and time for cross-examination of their witness and to conclude the adjudication within two months from the date of communication of this order. Appeal disposed off.
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