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Madhya Pradesh High Court reinforces that Section 14 SARFAESI Act applications are administrative in nature, requiring no borrower notice. District authorities must dispose of such applications within 10 days, failing which secured creditors face undue delays in debt recovery.
Karnataka High Court rules that a show cause notice in disciplinary proceedings is a procedural tool to afford a hearing and cannot be quashed without the employee's opportunity to respond. The ruling reinforces the principle of natural justice, impacting government employees facing administrative actions.
The Rajasthan High Court struck down a recovery order against a transferred employee for missing stock, holding that natural justice demands proof of culpability during the exact period of service. This ruling reinforces that administrative bodies cannot impose financial penalties based on audit reports alone when the employee’s presence at the time of loss is credibly disputed.