Bias The word ''bias'' in popular English parlance stands included within the attributes and broader purview of the word ''malice'', which in common acceptation means and implies ''spite'' or ''ill-will'' (Stroud's Judicial Dictionary), 5th Edn., Vol. 3) and it is now well settled that mere general statements will not be sufficient for the purpose of indication of ill-will. There must be cogent evidence available on record to come to the conclusion as to whether in fact there was existing a bias which resulted in the miscarriage of justice. ''Bias'' in common English parlance means and implies - predisposition or prejudice. [Kumaon Mandal, Vikas Nigam Ltd. v. Girja Shankar Pant, (2001) 1 SCC (182 (190, 198)]