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Krishnadatt Awasthy v. State of M.P. & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 1 S.C.R. 1173
Bench Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia and S.V.N. Bhatti JJ.
Decided 29 January 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing, a gross violation of the principle of audi alteram partem is noticed in the present case.

Judgment, page 31

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the selection is vitiated for violation of the first limb of natural justice i.e. rule against bias; whether it is a case of violation of the principle of audi alteram partem and is demonstration of prejudice necessary to succeed with a claim of violation of the principle of audi alteram partem; whether the breach of the principle of audi alteram partem at the original stage can be cured, at the revisional stage. Headnotes† Panchayat Raj Act Avam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam, 1993 – Principle of natural justice – Rule against bias (nemo judex in causa sua) – Challenge

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