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Q.1
Answer in two sentences 20 Marks
(1)What is quasi judicial function?[2]
Answer
A quasi-judicial function is one that is not purely administrative and not fully judicial. The authority has to decide a question affecting rights, and must decide it fairly after considering the material. It is not a court, it is not bound by the rules of evidence, and it may also take policy into account. "Quasi" means "as if". The authority acts as if it were a judge, without being one.
Its five features.
- There is a dispute, or a question that affects the rights of a person.
- The authority is under a duty to act judicially, that is to hear the affected person and decide honestly on the material.
- There is a duty to give reasons, so the decision is a speaking order.
- It applies objective standards drawn from the statute, but may also weigh public policy, which a court may not.
- The decision carries civil consequences, affecting property, liberty, status, livelihood or reputation.
Examples. A licensing authority cancelling a licence; a disciplinary authority punishing a servant; an assessing officer determining tax; a rent controller fixing standard rent.
The change made by Kraipak. Province of Bombay v. Kusaldas S. Advani AIR 1950 SC 222 required a duty to act judicially to be found in the statute. A.K. Kraipak v. Union of India AIR 1970 SC 150 held that the line between administrative and quasi-judicial functions is gradually being obliterated, and that fairness attaches wherever civil consequences follow.
Conclusion. A quasi-judicial function has a dispute or an affected right at its centre, a duty to act fairly, a duty to give reasons and civil consequences. The label still matters for certiorari and prohibition, which issue against a body acting judicially. Since Kraipak the courts look at the effect of the act on the person rather than at the name of the function.
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