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State of Orissa v. Binapani Dei

Supreme Court of India · AIR 1967 SC 1269 · 1967

natural justice audi alteram partem dismissal inquiry government servant

Held: Established that dismissal without inquiry violates natural justice.

Ratio decidendi

Audi alteram partem (hear the other side) is a fundamental rule of natural justice.