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Mohinder Singh Gill & Anr vs The Chiief Election Commissioner, New ... on 2 December, 1977

26. It is now an accepted proposition of law that any statutory body which is entrusted by statute with discretion, must act fairly. It does not matter whether its functions are described as judicial or quasi-judicial on the one hand, or as administrative on the other. Even an administrative order, which involves civil consequences must be made consistently with the rules of natural justice. Although the expression 'civil consequences' has not been defined anywhere, the observation made in Mohinder Singh Gill v. Chief Election Commissioner, (1978) 1 SCC 405 at para-66 on page 440 is relevant in this context and reads as below:
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