Case Law Analysis
|Madhya Pradesh High Court
Natural Justice | Dismissal of Land Acquisition Reference Without Final Hearing After Evidence Concludes Violates Right to Be Heard : MP HC Gwalior
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that dismissing a land acquisition reference after evidence concludes but before final arguments - even due to administrative delays - violates the fundamental right to be heard. This sets a critical precedent for quasi-judicial bodies: procedural fairness cannot be sacrificed for docket management, and parties must be given a meaningful opportunity to argue on framed issues.