Is a Metropolitan Magistrate superior to the Supreme Court of India? A vacation Bench of Supreme Court posed this question in rhetoric when it was brought to its notice that an Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Mumbai had refused to release an accused on bail despite a Supreme Court order to that effect. As reported by PTI, the situation arose before the Bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Mohan M Shantanagoudar yesterday. The Supreme Court had on May 17 directed the release of the petitioner on bail without mentioning the bail amount. However, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Esplanade, Mumbai, […]
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