Supreme Court of India
The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. v. Dharmendra Rathore
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above Statutory Scheme, this Court held that Additional District Magistrate being not the District Magistrate was incompetent to pass the impugned order.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Madhya Pradesh Rajya Suraksha Adhiniyam, 1990: ss. 3, 4, 5, 6, 13 and 18 – Power of externment – Competenc e of Additional District Magistrate – Held: Scheme of the Adh iniyam contemplates exercise of power of District Magistra te u/s. 3, 4, 5 and 6 by Additional District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate – Hence, Additional District Magistrate is competent to pass the externment order. Allowing the appeals, the Court HELD: 1. In the Statutory Scheme of the Madhya Pradesh Rajya Suraksha Adhiniyam, 1990, there is no provision , which prohibits passing an order by an officer lower than
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