Supreme Court of India
P. Surendran v. State by Inspector of Police
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the High Court Registry could not have exercised such judicial power to answer the maintainability of the petition, when the same was in the realm of the Court.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Bail: Anticipatory bail – Sought in a case wherein offence u/s. 3(i i) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Preventio n of Atrocities) Act, 1989 was alleged – Initially rejected by District Judge – Later High Court registry refused to number and l ist the application before the Court and dismissed the appli cation on the ground that offence being under SC/ST Act, the bail application was not maintainable – On appeal, held: The act of num bering a petition is purely administrative – The objections taken by the Court Registry on the aspect of maintainability requires judicial application
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