2024 (11) TMI 595

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..... e information collected from Wikipedia - grievance of the petitioner that despite the petitioner specifically pointing out that the respondent was not entitled to place reliance upon the information collected from the Wikipedia and had also put forth various other contentions, the respondent has proceeded to pass the impugned order HELD THAT:- As rightly contended by learned counsel for the petiti .....

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HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.R. KRISHNA KUMAR For the Petitioner (By Sri. Pradyumna Hejib, Advocate). For the Respondents (By Sri. Akash B. Shetty, Advocate). ORAL ORDER In this petition, the petitioner seeks quashing of the impugned Order-in-original at Annexure - D dated 15.03.2023 passed by the respondents and for other reliefs. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned c .....

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..... and connected matter at Annexure - F. It is also submitted that the said contention of the petitioner was taken by him in his reply dated 29.12.2022 in addition to which the petitioner put forth various other contentions in support of his defence. It is the grievance of the petitioner that despite the petitioner specifically pointing out that the respondent was not entitled to place reliance upon .....

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..... etitioner, a perusal of the Show Cause Notice dated 15.03.2023 will indicate that at paragraph K of the Show Cause Notice, the respondent has placed reliance on the information said to have been secured from the Wikipedia, which is impermissible in law, in the light of the judgments of the Hon'ble Apex Court referred to supra. So also, a perusal of the impugned order will indicate that despite the .....

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