<h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">Audi Alteram Partem</strong></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h3><strong>Context&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">The Supreme Court held that borrowers must be given an opportunity to be heard before their accounts are classified as fraud.</li><li class="ql-indent-2">SC said that The principle of natural justice -‘<strong>audi alteram partem’</strong> (hear the other side) - demands that borrowers should be given a chance to be heard first.</li></ul><h3><strong>About&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">The literal meaning of&nbsp;Audi Alteram Partem is to “hear the other side”.&nbsp;</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Under this doctrine, every party shall get an opportunity to plead and assert evidence to support his case and no one shall go unheard in a case.</li></ul><h3><strong>Three Principles of Natural Justice</strong></h3><ul><li>Natural justice recognises three principles:&nbsp;</li><li class="ql-indent-1"><strong>Nemo in propria causa judex, esse debet i.e., no one should be made a judge in his/her own case, or the rule against bias.</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><strong>Audi alteram partem</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><strong>Speaking orders or reasoned decision</strong></li><li>The first two are from Roman law, and the third is a modern invention due to the rapid development of constitutional and administrative law.</li></ul><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong>PRELIMS NOTES:</strong><a href="https://www.sunyaias.com/subscription-details/prelims-2023-sunya-notes-current-affairs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a></h1>