Action Ordered Against Magistrate and Sessions Judge for Staying Arrest Despite SC and HC Rejecting Anticipatory Bail: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has called for disciplinary action against two judicial officers—a Magistrate and an Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ)—for staying the arrest of an accused despite rejection of his anticipatory bail pleas by both the High Court and the Supreme Court. Justice Girish Kathpalia, in a strongly worded judgment, noted that the actions of the judicial officers—posted at Rohini Courts, Delhi—amounted to "judicial indiscipline", especially since the accused had…