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Legal Principle: One of the Principles of ‘Natural Justice’ States That, “No Person Shall Be a Judge in His Own Cause”. Facts: A, a Driver of B, a Branch Manager of Abc Bank - Mathematics

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Legal Principle: One of the principles of ‘Natural Justice’ states that, “No person shall be a judge in his own cause”.

Facts: A, a driver of B, a Branch Manager of ABC Bank was caught, suspecting theft, in the bank premises. The Bank management instituted an enquiry and made B the enquiry officer.

Which of the following statements is correct?

विकल्प

  • As B is a Bank Manager and not a judge, this principle is inapplicable.

  • Since the suspected theft was on the bank premises, the manager is the only competent person to enquire about. Hence, the principle is not applicable.

  • Since B is the employer of A, B should not be conducting the enquiry on the basis of the given principle.

  • The principle will be applicable, only if the theft committed by A was in relation to the car.

MCQ

उत्तर

Since B is the employer of A, B should not be conducting the inquiry on the basis of the given principle.

Explanation:

Nemo iudex in causa sua (or Nemo iudex in sua causa) is a Latin phrase that means, literally, "no-one should be a judge in his own case." It is a principle of natural justice that no person can judge a case in which they have an interest. In the case presented before us the person who is stealing, his employee is made the judge of this theft naturally he will not hold his boss guilty so according to the above-given principle. Option 'Since B is the employer of A, B should not be conducting the inquiry on the basis of the given principle'. is correct 

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