In Brief
K.P. Ramasamy and others sought to challenge a High Court order that had directed the Magistrate to hear a protest petition without allegedly providing them a fair opportunity to be heard. The Supreme Court found the High Court's direction to be proper and declined to interfere. However, it clarified that the Magistrate must hear both sides on the protest petition and independently decide whether to issue process, without being bound by the High Court's earlier observations. The petition was dismissed.
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