Supreme Court Directs High Court Registry to Number Anticipatory Bail Petition Despite SC/ST Act Bar — Registry Cannot Decide Maintainability as It Is a Judicial Function. The Court held that the administrative act of numbering cannot be refused on grounds of maintainability, which requires judicial application of mind, and directed the Madras High Court to number the petition and place it before an appropriate bench.
29 Mar 2019The petitioner, P. Surendran, was arrayed as an accused in Crime No. 937 of 2017 registered at PS Pallikaranai, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, for...




