Fair Trial Includes Fair Opportunity For Both Sides: Gauhati HC Sets Aside Trial Court Order Closing Evidence Of Party For Not 'Taking Steps'

The Gauhati High Court recently set aside the orders passed by a Civil Court by which it had closed the evidence of the plaintiff's side for not taking any steps, on the ground that a fair trial includes affording a fair opportunity to both the parties to prove their respective cases.The single-judge bench of Justice Robin Phukan observed:“It is well settled that right to fair trial is a...