- Before depriving someone of his legal right, he must first be heard. Bashir Hussain v. Custodian of Evacuee Property, AJ&K Muzaffarabad 2012 SCR 384 (C)
- —termination of service of an employee—without assigning any reason—without giving opportunity of hearing— in arbitrary manner—against principle of natural justice and public policy —from another angle the power of authority to terminate the services of an employee without assigning any reason or providing an opportunity of hearing is also violative of principle of natural justice which always treated violative of law and Constitutional guaranteed fundamental rights. Such exercise of power in an arbitrary manner is also against the principle of public policy which requires the public functionaries to exercise their powers in good faith in the public interest and not on the basis of personal like or dislike or on the basis of whims and fancies and if any rule, policy or instruction authorizes the authority to act in an arbitrary manner, such rule, policy or instruction is ultra vires the Constitution, even ab-initio void. AJK Council & others v. Raja Gul Muhammad & 6 others 2017 SCR 1427 (H) 2017 SCMR 2010 rel.
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