Additional District Magistrate Can Order Externment Under MP Rajya Suraksha Adhiniyam: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

30 Jan 2019 9:22 AM IST

“Constitution Bench Judgment of this Court in Ajaib Singh (supra) was not applicable in the facts of the present case and High Court committed the error in relying on the said judgment for holding that Additional District Magistrate had no jurisdiction.”

The Supreme Court has held that an Additional District Magistrate can pass an Externment order when there is no provision in the statue prohibiting passing of an order by an officer lower than the rank of District Magistrate. In State of Madhya Pradesh vs. Dharmendra Rathore, the Madhya Pradesh High Court had set aside an externment order passed by the Additional District Magistrate...

Additional District Magistrate Can Order Externment Under MP Rajya Suraksha Adhiniyam: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

“Constitution Bench Judgment of this Court in Ajaib Singh (supra) was not applicable in the facts of the present case and High Court committed the error in relying on the said judgment for holding that Additional District Magistrate had no jurisdiction.”

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