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2007-03-07 |
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| (d) The judge is related by consanguinity or affinity to a party litigant within the sixth degree or to counsel within the fourth civil degree; x x x The rationale of the rule on disqualification of judges springs from the long-standing precept that a judge should not handle a case where there is a perception, rightly or wrongly, that he is susceptible to bias and partiality because of relationship or some other ground.[13] | |||||