https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182883 Quasi-judicial disciplinary inquiries are not governed by strict court procedure or technical rules of evidence, but they must afford a fair opportunity to meet the material relied on. The inquiry was found fair where prior witness statements from the preliminary inquiry were shown to the witnesses, the witnesses were recalled and made available for cross-examination, copies were supplied, and the delinquent officer could explain or challenge them. Repeating the earlier statements word for word in the officer's presence was treated as a matter of form, not substance. Clause 8 of section 545 of the Bombay Police Manual was therefore not found contrary to natural justice. en-us Thu, 03 May 1962 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 21 May 2016 17:22:07 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182883 Quasi-judicial disciplinary inquiries are not governed by strict court procedure or technical rules of evidence, but they must afford a fair opportunity to meet the material relied on. The inquiry was found fair where prior witness statements from the preliminary inquiry were shown to the witnesses, the witnesses were recalled and made available for cross-examination, copies were supplied, and the delinquent officer could explain or challenge them. Repeating the earlier statements word for word in the officer's presence was treated as a matter of form, not substance. Clause 8 of section 545 of the Bombay Police Manual was therefore not found contrary to natural justice. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 May 1962 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182883