Civil Appeal No 3191 of 1983
WITH SLP CIVIL No 4311 of 1983
From the Judgment and Order dated the 30th November 1982 passed by the Govt
of India us22 of the Monopolies  Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1969 bearing No21880 M II
Anil B Divan and BV Desai for the Appellant
B V Desai for the petitioner
P R Mridul Ravindra Narain D N Misra and Ashok Sagar for the respondent in C A No 319183
M L Talukdar CV Subba Rao and R N Poddar for the respondent
DN Misra and R N Poddar for the respondent in SLP No431183
816 The Order of the Court was delivered by CHANDRACHUD C J
The order of the Government dated November 30 1982 which is impugned in these proceeding leaves much to be desired
But we do not propose to admit the appeal since after hearing a longish argument from Shri Anil B Divan on behalf of the appellant we are satisfied on the material produced before us and on perusal of the counter affidavit of the Government that there were good reasons for passing the impugned order
We must however impress upon the Government that while disposing of applications under Sections 21 22 and 23 of the it must give good reasons in support of its order and not merely state its bald conclusion
The faith of the people in administrative tribunals can be sustained only if the tribunals act fairly and dispose of the matters before them by well considered orders
The relevant material must be made available to be objectors because with out it they cannot possibly must the claim or contentions of the applicants under Sections 21 22 and 23 of the MRTP Act
The refusal of the Government to furnish such material to the objectors can amount to a denial of a reasonable opportunity to the objectors to meet the applicant s case
And denial of a reasonable opportunity to meet the other man s case is denial of natural justice
On the question of the need to give reasons in support of the conclusions to which the Government has come the authorities concerned may with profit see the Judgments of this Court in Union of India vs Mohan Lal Capoor  Ors Siemens Engineering  Manufacturing Co of India Limited vs Union of India  Ans
and Uma Charan vs State of Madhya Pradesh  Anr
With these observations we dismiss the special leave petition and the appeal
HLC Petition dismissed


Summary:
HELD The faith of the people in administrative tribunals can be sustained only if the tribunals act fairly and dispose of the matters before them by well considered orders
Refusal to furnish relevant materials to the objectors can amount to denial of reasonable opportunity and violation of natural justice
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