https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280024 Substitution of one member of an inquiry committee after part of the evidence had been recorded did not vitiate the departmental proceedings where the disciplinary scheme required the charges, defence, evidence and inquiry report to be reduced to writing and the disciplinary authority to decide independently on that record. Because the committee was not the punishing authority and no final decision turned on any member's personal impression of witness demeanour, principles governing personal hearing before the deciding authority were inapplicable. The later change in composition therefore caused no breach of natural justice, and the dismissal could not be set aside on that ground. en-us Thu, 20 Nov 1969 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:23:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280024 Substitution of one member of an inquiry committee after part of the evidence had been recorded did not vitiate the departmental proceedings where the disciplinary scheme required the charges, defence, evidence and inquiry report to be reduced to writing and the disciplinary authority to decide independently on that record. Because the committee was not the punishing authority and no final decision turned on any member's personal impression of witness demeanour, principles governing personal hearing before the deciding authority were inapplicable. The later change in composition therefore caused no breach of natural justice, and the dismissal could not be set aside on that ground. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 20 Nov 1969 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280024