Magistrate suspended for issuing warrant against Prez

The Gujarat high court on Thursday placed under suspension Metropolitan Magistrate M S Brahmbhatt for issuing bailable warrants against the President, the chief justice of India, a judge of the Supreme Court and a former president of the bar association.
          

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The in-charge registrar of the Gujarat HC, A K Aswani, said: "Gujarat high court has decided to place Brahmbhatt, metropolitan magistrate, court no 10, under suspension with immediate effect for his misconduct and conduct unbecoming of a judicial officer."

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court ordered a CBI probe into the matter. A bench comprising Chief Justice V N Khare, Justice S B Sinha and Justice S H Kapadia issued the order.

The bench ordered that all records summoned from the magistrate's court through the Gujarat high court registrar
general and the video tapes and other documents produced by the petitioner be immediately handed over to the CBI.

The warrants were the outcome of a sting operation by TV journalist Vijay Shekhar to expose corruption in subordinate judiciary in Gujarat.