{"id":55809,"date":"2019-03-27T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T05:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55809"},"modified":"2019-03-27T11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T05:40:10","slug":"judge-cant-recuse-from-a-case-merely-because-his-father-appeared-in-it-for-the-state-earlier-sikkim-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/judge-cant-recuse-from-a-case-merely-because-his-father-appeared-in-it-for-the-state-earlier-sikkim-high-court","title":{"rendered":"Judge Can&#8217;t Recuse From A Case Merely Because His Father Appeared In It For The State Earlier: Sikkim High Court."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/chief-justice-vijai-kumar-bist.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" data-attachment-id=\"55811\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/judge-cant-recuse-from-a-case-merely-because-his-father-appeared-in-it-for-the-state-earlier-sikkim-high-court\/chief-justice-vijai-kumar-bist\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/chief-justice-vijai-kumar-bist.jpg?fit=650%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"650,390\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chief-justice-vijai-kumar-bist\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/chief-justice-vijai-kumar-bist.jpg?fit=640%2C384&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55811\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/chief-justice-vijai-kumar-bist.jpg?resize=640%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/chief-justice-vijai-kumar-bist.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/chief-justice-vijai-kumar-bist.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/chief-justice-vijai-kumar-bist.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;In my view, it is the duty of a Judge to hear every matter placed before him without fear or favour&#8221; The Sikkim High Court rejected an application of a District Judge who wanted to recuse from a case on the ground that his father who was an Additional Advocate General, had appeared for the State in respect of the same subject matter. The District Judge had referred the matter to High court when it was brought to its notice that his father had appeared for the state in the &#8216;Title Appeal&#8217;. The High court registered the reference as a Transfer petition.<\/p>\n<p>In my view, this cannot be and should not be ground for recusal from the case, said Chief Justice Vijai Kumar Bist after he noted that the District Judge himself was not involved in any manner with the case and was not appearing for any of the parties. The Court observed: &#8220;It was his father who was appearing for the respondent, that too, for the State as State Counsel\/Additional Advocate General. In fact, in many cases the Counsel for the State appear on behalf of the State. They do not even remember in which case they appeared for the State. The father of the District Judge appeared in his private capacity and the District Judge had nothing to do with the said case. In some cases it is found that father appears for one party and son appears for opposite party. They appear for the respective parties in their individual capacity. Nothing wrong in it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Justice Bist also added that is the duty of a Judge to hear every matter placed before him without fear or favour. While rejecting the application, the judge further observed: &#8220;A Judge can recuse when he or his family members&#8217; interest is involved in the case. He can also recuse when his close relative is a party in the lis. He can recuse from a case where one of the parties is known to him and is closely associated with him. He can also recuse when he had earlier as an Advocate appeared for one of the parties. 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