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K.N.SINGH, KULDIP SINGH, N.M.KASLIWAL
Delhi Judicial Service Association, Tis Hazari Court, Delhi: A. K. Srivastava: N. L. Patel: Bhushan B. Oza: Gujarat Judicial Service Association: Bar Council Of Gujarat, Ahmedabad: Complaint Received From Delhi Judicial Service Association, Tis Hazari, De – Appellant
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State Of Gujarat: Union Of India: State Of Gujarat: Union Of India: State Of Gujarat: State Of Gujarat: State Of Gujarat: State Of Gujarat: S. R. Sharma, Police Inspector Nadiad: State Of Gujarat – Respondent
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JUDGMENT
K. N. SINGH, J.— On 25th September,1989, a horrendus incident took place in the town of Nadiad, District Kheda in the State of Gujarat, which exhibited the berserk behaviour of Police undermining the dignity and independence of judiciary. S. R. Sharma, Inspector of Police, with 25 years of service posted at the Police Station, Nadiad, arrested, assaulted and handcuffed N. L. Patel, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nadiad and tied him with a thick rope like an animal and made a public exhibition of it by sending him in the same condition to the Hospital for medical examination on an alleged charge of having consumed liquor in breach of the prohibition law enforced in the State of Gujarat. The Inspector S. R. Sharma got the Chief Judicial Magistrate photographed in handcuffs with rope tied around his body along with the constables which were published in the newspapers all over the country. This led to tremors in the Bench and the Bar throughout the whole country.
2. The incident undermined the dignity of Courts in the country, Judicial Officers, Judges and Magistrates all over the country were in a state of shock, they felt insecure and humiliated and it appeared that instead of R
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