Meenglas Tea Estate vs Its Workmen on 22 February, 1963
In Meenglas Tea Estate v. Workmen, AIR 1963 SC 1719. the Supreme Court observed : "It is an elementary principle that a person who is required to answer a charge must know not only the accusation but also the testimony by which the accusation is supported. He must be given a fair chance to hear the evidence in support of the charge and to put such relevant questions by way of cross-examination as he desires. Then he must be given a chance to rebut the evidence led against him.