Whether the appellant was denied the right to reply to the recused judges' submission in the recusal proceedings.
The appellant was not given sufficient time to respond; the right to be heard was violated.
In recusal proceedings, the applicant must be allowed to comment on submissions of the challenged persons. Here the submission was only forwarded for information and the decision followed in less than a day; in urgent matters a short non-extendable reply period of at least about three days would have been required.