Reviewed case brief
Manak Lal v Dr. Prem Chand Singhvi
AIR 1957 SC 425
AIR 1957 SC 425 · Supreme Court of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 1957
- Subjects
- Administrative Law
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02
Rule established
The test for bias disqualifying a tribunal member is not whether actual bias is proved, but whether there is a reasonable apprehension or likelihood of bias in the mind of a reasonable person; even the absence of proof of actual prejudice does not cure a genuine reasonable apprehension of bias.
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AIR 1957 SC 425
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