https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273017 A statutory power allowing the State Government, in consultation with the High Court, to appoint a Special Judicial Magistrate for a particular case or class of cases was not discriminatory under Article 14. The amended provision validly removed the earlier limitation on functioning in a Presidency town, and the notification appointing the Magistrate was upheld because it did not mandate an impermissible trial venue or create hostile discrimination. The fact that the case involved conduct connected with more than one place, and that different appellate consequences followed from the jurisdiction conferred by law, did not render the arrangement unequal treatment. en-us Thu, 11 Oct 1962 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 31 May 2018 10:55:07 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273017 A statutory power allowing the State Government, in consultation with the High Court, to appoint a Special Judicial Magistrate for a particular case or class of cases was not discriminatory under Article 14. The amended provision validly removed the earlier limitation on functioning in a Presidency town, and the notification appointing the Magistrate was upheld because it did not mandate an impermissible trial venue or create hostile discrimination. The fact that the case involved conduct connected with more than one place, and that different appellate consequences followed from the jurisdiction conferred by law, did not render the arrangement unequal treatment. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 11 Oct 1962 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273017