that Natural Justice (natural justice is technical terminology for the rule against bias and the right to a fair hearing (audi alteram partem
lodged by R.K. Singh
he was activated by bias or had any reason to act
maliciously. The dominant purpose of registering the case
against ... mala fide involves
two questions, namely (i) whether there is a personal bias
or an oblique motive; and (ii) whether the administrative
action is contrary
each of the cities, was bad on the following grounds-
(i) bias
(ii)invoking certain hidden criteria
(iii)irrelevant considerations
(iv)bypassing the Selection Committee ... Garg)
DDG (TM)"
19. The second ground of attack is bias. In that, Mr B.R.
Nair, Member of Production in the Telecom Commission
that Natural Justice (natural justice is technical terminology for the rule against bias and the right to a fair hearing (audi alteram partem
These appeals have been
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filed on various grounds, including: the judicial bias of the Judge
presiding over the Bench by making specific allegations that ... said judgment, by illegally reopening the case, were a result of
judicial bias of Mr. Justice X, which was just to take revenge against
Shri
been subjected to an
unfair procedure giving scope for bias. His further contention
is that the corrective power is a species of the review power ... principles of natural justice or due to unfair procedure giving
scope for bias which resulted in abuse of the process of the
Court or miscarriage
rule that enquiries must be
held in good faith and without bias, and not arbitrarily or
unreasonably, is now included among the principles of
natural ... believing that the Acting
Chief Conservator was likely to have been biased. He did
not participate in some of the deliberations of the Board
cause
and that if there is a reasonable likelihood of bias it is
'in accordance with natural justice and common sense that
the justice ... likely to be so biased should be incapacitated
from sitting". The question is not whether the judge is
actually biased or in fact decides
proceedings vitiated-
Participation of officer who has punished accused-Whether
amounts to bias-Soldier-Refusing to eat food-Whether amounts
to disobedience of lawful command ... Judicial Process-Quantum of
punishment disproportionate to offence Whether conclusive
evidence of bias.
Interpretation of Statutes: Procedural safeguards-
Statutory Provisions-How to be construed.
HEADNOTE
Panikar (respondents 3 and 4) had acted in a grossly biased manner and that grave injustice was done to him as a consequence thereof ... very exceptional one as it has serious overtones of legal bias (to which we shall refer in detail when we come to Points