https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=435517 A post-decisional hearing must be fair and effective, and where the same officer earlier issued the offence report and later handled the suspension-related hearing, reassignment to another officer may be justified to avoid any appearance of bias or prejudice. The Calcutta High Court accepted the narrower fairness-based approach and upheld the direction that a different officer hear the matter. The Court also noted that the order should not be treated as laying down any general legal principle or precedent, and the broader questions raised in the appeal were left open. en-us Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:40:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=435517 A post-decisional hearing must be fair and effective, and where the same officer earlier issued the offence report and later handled the suspension-related hearing, reassignment to another officer may be justified to avoid any appearance of bias or prejudice. The Calcutta High Court accepted the narrower fairness-based approach and upheld the direction that a different officer hear the matter. The Court also noted that the order should not be treated as laying down any general legal principle or precedent, and the broader questions raised in the appeal were left open. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=435517