https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174522 The statutory scheme under the Code of Criminal Procedure permits appointment of Executive Magistrates in metropolitan areas and preserves a special power to confer Executive Magistrate functions on a Commissioner of Police. Read together, these provisions support a further appointment as Additional District Magistrate with the powers of a District Magistrate where the governing law so requires. A restrictive interpretation that excludes the Commissioner of Police from this channel of appointment is rejected as inconsistent with the legislative object of effectively enforcing the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. The notification is therefore treated as valid in substance for conferring the required magisterial powers. en-us Tue, 04 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:21:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174522 The statutory scheme under the Code of Criminal Procedure permits appointment of Executive Magistrates in metropolitan areas and preserves a special power to confer Executive Magistrate functions on a Commissioner of Police. Read together, these provisions support a further appointment as Additional District Magistrate with the powers of a District Magistrate where the governing law so requires. A restrictive interpretation that excludes the Commissioner of Police from this channel of appointment is rejected as inconsistent with the legislative object of effectively enforcing the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. The notification is therefore treated as valid in substance for conferring the required magisterial powers. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 04 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174522