TRIBUNAL SHALL BE GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL JUSTICE

The Tribunal shall not be bound by the procedure laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 or the Rules of Evidence contained in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Act 1 of 1872), but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice, and subject to the provisions of this section and of any rules made under Section 7, the Tribunal shall have power to regulate its own procedure. It has been further made clear through the proviso of Section 5 that where, in respect of the subject matter of a reference, a competent Court has already passed a decres or order or issued a writ or direction, and such, decree, order writ or direction has become final, the principles of Resjudicata shall apply.