Madras HC quashes government orders empowering police to exercise powers of executive magistratesNews WAALI

The judges also said: “The police, like the proverbial camel in the tent, occasionally got their noses into the canopy but were stopped in their tracks by the courts. Then in 2013, the camel as a whole was struggling and the revenue officers and the executives. the magistrates were removed from the canopy and left in the cold. now we have extinguished the camel and given canopy of justice where it belongs.”

The judges also praised the amicus curiae Sarath Chandran, the Additional Public prosecutor, and advocates Janarthanan, Vivekanandan, and M. Santhanaraman for assisting the court.