Lawgist479Case in which Judge or Magistrate is personally interested
No Judge or Magistrate shall, except with the permission of the Court to which an appeal lies from his Court, try or commit for trial any case to or in which he is a party, or personally interested, and no Judge or Magistrate shall hear an appeal from any judgment or order passed or made by himself.
Explanation.--A Judge or Magistrate shall not be deemed to be a party to, or personally interested in, any case by reason only that he is concerned therein in a public capacity, or by reason only that he has viewed the place in which an offence is alleged to have been committed, or any other place in which any other transaction material to the case is alleged to have occurred, and made an inquiry in connection with the case.
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- 474 Trials before High Courts
- 475 Delivery to commanding officers of persons liable to be tried by Court-martial
- 476 Forms
- 477 Power of High Court to make rules
- 478 Power to alter functions allocated to Executive Magistrate in certain cases
- 479 Case in which Judge or Magistrate is personally interested
- 480 Practising pleader not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts
- 481 Public servant concerned in sale not to purchase or bid for property
- 482 Saving of inherent power of High Court
- 483 Duty of High Court to exercise continuous superintendence over Courts of Judicial Magistrates
- 484 Repeal and savings
