SC sends 2 dist judges for crash course

THE Supreme Court directed training for two district court judges—Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) and the Sessions Court Judge of Karkardooma Court—for a minimum of seven days at the Delhi Judicial Academy (DJA) over their flawed order granting bail to the accused in a %6 crore cheating case.

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY

The SC criticised the two judicial officers of the Karkardooma Court for not applying settled principles when granting and upholding bail in the case. The two-judge bench, led by Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and SVN Bhatti, said bail decisions must be based on facts and conduct, rather than mechanical reasoning. Given the facts, it said, bail should not have been gran