Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Revocation and suspension of licence .-(1) Any licence granted under these rules may be revoked or suspended by the licensing authority. if the holder, or any person in his employ, is found to have committed a breach of the conditions thereof or of any of the provisions of the Act or these rules or has been convicted of an offence under Sec. 161, read with Sec. 139 or with Sec. 116 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860): Provided that such revocation or suspension shall be made until the holder of the licence has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken. (2) Every such order shall be in writing and shall specify the reasons for the suspension or revocation and shall be communicated to the licensee. (3) Where a licence is revoked or suspended under this rule the holder of the licence shall not be entitled to claim from the Central or State Government any compensation or refund of licence- fee for such cancella- tion or suspension. Continent Rea?onable opportunity-Meaning of-In Messrs . Falco (P) Ltd. v. S.R. Gibrant. Put. Ltd.. Das Gupta. J.. Of the Supreme Court observed as follows: 1, A.I.R. 1958 S.C. 415 at p. 418. liLElit, RU! i yd 1(lit;t_'I_AiR NtII'lii_ INl »^:i 1.1(i NStil. 47 twc(i ISOll, these serer i Bard ( the. after tr i`; Son ti tncr aion tsfer sing .new tere- Could tit of may. tr to 61ch tied tied tilt . td a for with the dng tins see. ider late tlla- rwii '°I"ic requirement th at a reasonable o, portunity of being heard must be given has two Clements. The first is that an opportunity to be heard must be given: the second is that this opportunity be reasonable. Both these matters an.. i 1.sttciable and it is for the Court to decide whet he:r an opportunity has been given and whether that opportunity has been reasonable. "I'here can be no invariable standard for reasonableness in such matters e:cc ept that the Court's conscience must be satisfied, that the person against whom :u, .a tion is proposed has had a fair chance of convincing the authority wllo proposes to take action against him that the grounds oti which the action is proposed are either non-existent or even it they exist they do not Justify the propu ;cr! action. The decision of this question will necessarily depend upon the peculiar facts eaud t'ircvtnsta_ices of each case, including the nature of the action I. the grounds on which the action is proposed, the material on which the alle:?.:tions are ba;:cd, the attitude of the party against whom the ::action is proposed in showing cause against such proposed action, the nature of the plea raised by hiin in reply, the requests for further opportunity tli,,t may be made, his .taniissions by conduct or otherwise of sonic or all the : ►llcgations and all otht'r nt:t(Icr•, which lieip the mind in coining to a fair conclusion of the quest ion.