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1986 (8) TMI 56 - SC - Income TaxWhether a court while hearing writ petitions is under an obligation to pass a speaking order? Held that:- It is a cardinal principle of rule of law which governs our policy that the Court including Writ Court is required to record reasons while disposing of a writ petition in order to enable the litigants, more particularly the aggrieved party, to know the reasons which weighed with the mind of the Court in determining the questions of facts and law raised in the writ petition or in the action brought. This is imperative for the fair and equitable administration of justice. Every quasijudicial order must be supported by reasons. Appeal is allowed and the judgment and order passed is hereby set aside. The court below is directed to dispose of the said writ petition in accordance with law after giving hearing to the parties and by passing a speaking order
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