In Re: Basapa and ors.

Type Court Judgment Court Mumbai Decided Dec 24, 1884

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Citation: sooperkanoon.com/331113
Court: Mumbai
Judge: West and ;Nanabhai Haridas, JJ.
Decided On: Dec 24, 1884
Subject: Criminal

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In Re: Basapa and ors.

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Reported In: (1885)ILR9Bom172

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jurisdiction - judge--bias--magistrate's jurisdiction where complainant is his private servant--legality of conviction and sentence passed by such magistrate in such a case. - west, j.1. we do not think the magistrate was deprived of jurisdiction by the circumstance that the complainant was his servant complaining on his own account merely, though, in such a case, it would generally be expedient for him to refer the complainant to another magistrate. we, therefore, reject the application.

Full Judgment

West, J.

1. We do not think the Magistrate was deprived of jurisdiction by the circumstance that the complainant was his servant complaining on his own account merely, though, in such a case, it would generally be expedient for him to refer the complainant to another Magistrate. We, therefore, reject the application.