Supreme Court of India

K.anbazhagan v. Superintendent of Police, Chennai and Ors.

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Reported as [2004] 2 S.C.R. 495
Bench S.N. Varia Va and H.K. Sema JJ.
Decided 17 February 2004

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with the record, we must unequivocally say that in a democratic country like ours, governed by the Rule of Law, the efficient and p independent judiciary manned the subordinate courts, where justice is administered impartially, fearless of public glamour, regardless of public responses and indifferent to private, political or partisan influences.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, I 97 3-Section 406-Transfer of case from State a/Tamil Nadu to Karnatakcr-Petitionsfor modification of transfer order seeking transfer to Pondicherry-Personal security and free and fair trial apprehended in State of Karnataka-State of Karnataka undertaking_ to ensure security of the petitioners and free and fair trial-Held: In the facts and circumstances of the case, no case is made out for modification-Pondicherry falling within same jurisdiction of High Court of Madras, transfer thereto would amount to transfer of case to the jurisdiction of same High Court,

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 2 mentioned

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