https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298512 A plea to scrap a Commission of Inquiry and replace it with a Special Investigation Team failed because the allegation of bias was unsupported by cogent material. Unverified newspaper reports, speculative assertions and claimed familial links of Commission members were held insufficient to establish a real and reasonable apprehension of bias or conflict of interest. The Court noted that a Commission of Inquiry is a fact-finding body and its report is not binding like an adjudicatory decision, and that the petitioner had already been allowed to participate before the Commission. The Commission was permitted to continue and the challenge was rejected. en-us Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 07 Nov 2021 11:04:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298512 A plea to scrap a Commission of Inquiry and replace it with a Special Investigation Team failed because the allegation of bias was unsupported by cogent material. Unverified newspaper reports, speculative assertions and claimed familial links of Commission members were held insufficient to establish a real and reasonable apprehension of bias or conflict of interest. The Court noted that a Commission of Inquiry is a fact-finding body and its report is not binding like an adjudicatory decision, and that the petitioner had already been allowed to participate before the Commission. The Commission was permitted to continue and the challenge was rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298512