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BIA

BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs see also the Important Agencies section

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favor

favor 1 : bias 2 : benefit in favor of : to the benefit of [a judgment in favor of the defendant]

Fair trial

Fair trial, means a trial in which bias or prejudice for or against the accused, the witnesses, or the cause which is being tried is eliminated.

Challenge

and has treated thereof. (b) A challenge for favour, being such as implies at least a probability of bias or partiality in the sheriff, but does not amount o a principal challenge, as that the plaintiff or

Mala fides

bad faith; the opposite to bona fides, and opposit to good faith. Means want of good faith, personal bias, grudge, oblique or improper motive or ulterior purpose. The administrative action must be said to be done in

Discrimination

an element of intentional and purposeful differentiation thereby creating economic barrier and involves an element of an unfavourable bias. It implies an unfair classification, Video Electronics P. Ltd. v. State of Punjab, AIR 1990 SC 820 (832):

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