In Brief
The Supreme Court addressed whether a High Court's Registry could refuse to list an anticipatory bail petition based on maintainability grounds. The Court held that such determinations are inherently judicial functions that only a judge can exercise, not the Registry as an administrative body. The distinction between administrative and judicial functions turns on the authority to act judicially. The Registry's refusal to number and list the petition violated this principle. The Court disposed of the petition, directing the High Court to consider the anticipatory bail petition on its merits without being bound by the present judgment's observations.
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