Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: From a functional point of view, an administrative tribunal is neither exclusively a judicial body nor exclusively an administrative body but is somewhere between the two.
Reason R: An administrative tribunal is not bound by strict rules of evidence and procedure.
Choose the most appropriate answer:

Correct option is A

Administrative tribunals function at the intersection of judicial and administrative roles, and they are not bound by strict procedural rules, as mentioned in the reason. Thus, both A and R are correct, and R explains A.