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  2. Impartiality - Wikipedia

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    Impartiality (also called evenhandedness or fair-mindedness) is a principle of justice holding that decisions should be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of bias, prejudice, or preferring the benefit to one person over another for improper reasons.

  3. Right to a fair trial - Wikipedia

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    A fair trial is a trial which is "conducted fairly, justly, and with procedural regularity by an impartial judge". [1] Various rights associated with a fair trial are explicitly proclaimed in Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and Article 6 of the European Convention of Human ...

  4. Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights

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    Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights is a provision of the European Convention which protects the right to a fair trial.In criminal law cases and cases to determine civil rights it protects the right to a public hearing before an independent and impartial tribunal within reasonable time, the presumption of innocence, right to silence and other minimum rights for those charged ...

  5. Natural justice - Wikipedia

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    This principle embodies the basic concept of impartiality, [11] and applies to courts of law, tribunals, arbitrators and all those having the duty to act judicially. [12] A public authority has a duty to act judicially whenever it makes decisions that affect people's rights or interests, and not only when it applies some judicial-type procedure ...

  6. Blank pad rule - Wikipedia

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    The blank pad rule is an American term for the legal doctrine and metaphor in common law that requires a tribunal to base its decision solely upon evidence established at trial. [1] In the United States , the Supreme Court has established that in order for a trial to be fair and impartial, a "jury's verdict [must] be based on evidence received ...

  7. Procedural due process - Wikipedia

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    An unbiased tribunal. Notice of the proposed action and the grounds asserted for it. The opportunity to present reasons for the proposed action not to be taken. The right to present evidence, including the right to call witnesses. The right to know the opposing evidence. The right to cross-examine adverse witnesses.

  8. Tribunal - Wikipedia

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    The National Company Law Tribunal is a quasi-judicial body in India that adjudicates issues relating to Indian companies. National Company Law Appellate Tribunal was constituted under Section 410 of the Companies Act, 2013, for hearing appeals against National Company Law Tribunal orders, effective 1 June 2016.

  9. Judiciary - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court Building houses the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.. The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law in legal cases.