Vijayakumar v. the Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
The Court quashed a clause in a hearing notice of the Malabar Devaswom Board that implied a pre-emptive decision. It directed the Commissioner to pass a fresh order based on reasons, reflecting application of mind to contentions, including preliminary issues on the show cause notice.
What did the court decide?
Deleted a specific sentence in the hearing notice and directed the Commissioner to pass a fresh reasoned order within the defined procedure.