Quashed
Mohammad Aleem v. Civil Judge (J.D.) Sadar, Faizabad and 15 Others
Allahabad HCA227/4355/2024
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Petition challenging the placement of a Judicial Magistrate in charge of district judge duties. Court exercised supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 to quash the order and remove the magistrate from the list, upholding the legal impermissibility of such placement.
What did the court decide?
Order quashed and singleum quashed with a single justification: the legislature has not empowered the state government to appoint a judicial magistrate to be the main court of a district judge.