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In Re: Basapa and ors.

Type Court Judgment Court Mumbai Decided Dec 24, 1884
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Citation
Court
Mumbai
Judge
Decided On
Subject
Criminal

Case Summary

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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. -

Key legal issue
Criminal

Parties & Advocates

Appellant / Petitioner

In Re: Basapa and ors.

Legal References

Reported In
(1885)ILR9Bom172

Excerpt

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.

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Same Parties In Re: Basapa and ors. vs Same Subject Criminal Same Judge West and ;Nanabhai Haridas, JJ.
Criminal

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