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maters as the leakage of examinations fall outside the purview of those rules. Iam satisfied that the jurisdiction of the Students Disciplinary Committee isconfined to what may be described as domestic matters such as those pertainingto accommodation, kitchen, drunkness, nuisance and the misuse of musicinstruments.I pass o the second main question, which is whether the proceedings of theprobe committee was conducted in accordance with the rules of natural justice.The applicant has averred, vide paragraph 11 and 13 of his affidavit, that he wasdenied natural justice in that (a) he was not informed, throughout, that he was asubject of suspicion or investigation; and (b) that he was not afforded opportunityof being heard. This has been denied by the Institute.The parties seem to be acutely aware, and it is trite to remark, that anadministrative body exercising functions that impinge directly on legallyrecognized interests owes it as duty to act judicially in accordance with the rulesof natural justice, which basically means the adoption of fair procedure, whichfundamentally demands freedom from interest and bias him. It will beremembered that the probe committee carried out is assignment by ascrutinizingseveral documents and interviewing scores of people. I have gone through thosedocuments and in regard to the applicant. I see nothing damning in them. Therecord of the proceedings of the committee shows that it is met on several655