Monday, April 02, 2018

Bias

Bias

The principle “nemo judex in causa sua” willnot apply where the authority has no personal is with the person concerned. Therefore , where cases of malpractice and pilferage by consumers of electricity were decided by the electricity board itself, the supreme court held that it is not a violation of the rule against bias such cases are similar to income tax and sales tax cases. Hyderabad vanaspathi ltd v Andhra Pradesh AIR 1998 SCC470.

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