Landmark JudgmentSupreme Court of IndiaA.K. Kraipak v. Union of India: bias, natural justice and the administrative lineOn 29 April 1969, a five-judge bench held that the rule against bias vitiated a forest-service selection and collapsed the rigid distinction between administrative and quasi-judicial action — the foundation of modern Indian natural-justice doctrine.Valkya Editorial·14 Jun 2026·9 min