New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has come down heavily on two district court judges who, in a glaring case of insubordination, extended interim protection to an accused in a property forgery case, despite the Supreme Court rejecting his anticipatory bail application.

Justice Girish Kathpalia rejected the fifth bail application by the accused, Nikhil Jain, on Wednesday and criticised the two judicial officers for “serious concern about judicial indiscipline and impropriety”.

“It appears to be a case of judicial indiscipline that the Judicial Magistrate First Class-04 (North), Rohini Courts, Delhi and the Additional Sessions Judge-04 (North), Rohini Courts, Delhi despite being aware that two anticipatory bail applications of the accused/applicant had already been dismissed by this court, f

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