Cross-Examination Not an Absolute Right; Depends on Case Facts, Says High Court; Supreme Court Declines to Intervene.

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....Right of the accused for cross-examination of parties, whose statement has been relied upon - In the writ appeal, while acknowledging that cross-examination is a part of natural justice, the High Court noted that there is no absolute right to cross-examination, and it depends on each case's facts - Supreme Court refused to interfere into the matter.....