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POWER OF HIGH COURTS IN INDIA

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  POWER OF HIGH COURTS IN INDIA We all are very aware of the fact that High Court is regarded the highest court in every State in India. The two Articles, 214 to 231 of the Indian Constitution deal with provisions which are concerned about the High Court. These Articles talk about their organisation and their powers. These are the parts of an integrated and unified judicial system below the Apex Court of the country. It can be said that each High Court is a creation of the Indian Constitution and as such it functions in accordance with the Indian Constitution. The Parliament of India can also provide for the establishment of one High Court for two or more states. Currently, there are about 25 High Courts in the country, with some states even having a common High Court. For example, states like Haryana, Punjab and the Union Territory of Chandigarh have a common High Court. Also, The North-eastern states also have one common High Court. Additionally, the state Tamil Nadu shares a Hig

WHAT IS ‘RULE OF BIAS’, WHAT ARE VARIOUS KINDS OF ‘BIAS’

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WHAT IS ‘RULE OF BIAS’, WHAT ARE VARIOUS KINDS OF ‘BIAS’   The expression “No one should be a judge in his own case”  exists and is followed because it ultimately leads to the ‘Rule of Biases’ . Here, ‘Bias’ means an act leading to any unfair activity. It does not matter whether such activity done in a conscious state or in an unconscious state in relation to a party or a particular case. Hence, the need of this very rule is to make the Judge delivering the judgement impartial and give a judgement justly on the basis of evidence recorded as per the case.   Following are the various kinds of ‘Bias’:   1)    Personal bias   Personal bias is the type of ‘Bias’ which is said to arise from a relationship between the party and deciding authority of a proceeding. Such type of Bias leads the deciding authority to a doubtful situation which may force the authority to make an unfair activity and thus give judgement in favour of his person. The Apex Court of India in one of the c