SC explains Infraction of principles of natural justice & Validity of orders passed

State of U.P. Vs Sudhir Kumar Singh and Ors. (Supreme Court)

(1) Natural justice is a flexible tool in the hands of the judiciary to reach out in fit cases to remedy injustice. The breach of the audi alteram partem rule cannot by itself, without more, lead to the conclusion that prejudice is thereby caused.

(2) Where procedural and/or substantive provisions of law embody the principles of natural justice, their infraction per se does not lead to invalidity of the orders p

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