Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
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Summary
The Chief Judicial Magistrate is subordinate to the Sessions Judge. Other Judicial Magistrates are subordinate to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, subject to the Sessions Judge's general control. The Chief Judicial Magistrate may make rules or give special orders, consistent with the Sanhita, to distribute work among subordinate magistrates.
Example
Priya files an FIR at her local police station and the matter is sent to a Judicial Magistrate. That Judicial Magistrate is subordinate to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, who can assign Priya's case to any of the subordinate magistrates. The Sessions Judge remains the overall supervisory authority above the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) Every Chief Judicial Magistrate shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge; and every other Judicial Magistrate shall, subject to the general control of the Sessions Judge, be subordinate to the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
(2) The Chief Judicial Magistrate may, from time to time, make rules or give special orders, consistent with this Sanhita, as to the distribution of business among the Judicial Magistrates subordinate to him.
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