-The Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed surprise at Delhi police officers acting as special executive magistrates (SEMs) who have allegedly reject bonds arbitrarily to imprison protesters or those facing proceedings for involvement in scuffles.
Hearing a PIL by advocate Aldansih Rein complaining about arbitrary exercise of powers by SEMs, a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said, "I have been in the legal profession and as a judge for the last 39 years. But I have never found a special executive magistrate rejecting a bond given by a person to keep peace and sending him to jail."
Please click here to read more.