2020 (10) TMI 815

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..... Court is at the Apex, and the High Courts, though not subordinate administratively, are certainly subordinate judicially. We expect that the Magistrates all over the country will follow our order in letter and spirit. Whatever stay has been granted by any court including the High Court automatically expires within a period of six months, and unless extension is granted for good reason, within .....

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..... aving heard Mr. Dilip Annasaheb Taur, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. S.V. Raju, learned ASG for the respondent, we are constrained to point out that in our directions contained in the judgment delivered in Criminal Appeal Nos. 1375-1376 of 2013 [Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency Pvt. Ltd. Anr. vs. Central Bureau of Investigation] and, in particular, para 35, it is stated thus: 35. .....

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..... h Court to resume the trial. The Magistrate goes on to say: The lower Court cannot pass any order which has been stayed by the Hon ble High Court, Bombay with due respect of ratio of the judgment in Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency Pvt. Ltd. Anr. (supra). We must remind the Magistrates all over the country that in our pyramidical structure under the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court is .....

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