Judicial Functions Can’t Be Delegated: SC [Read Judgment]

Judicial function is not to be delegated to an officer of the court by the judge of the high court, the bench observed.A judicial functioning has to be done in a judicial manner, observed the Supreme Court while holding that Section 33 of the Stamp Act does not empower the judge of the high court to direct the officer of the high court to enquire and to find out the nature and character of. Judicial function is not to be delegated to an officer of the court by the judge of the high court, the bench observed. A judicial functioning has to be done in a judicial manner, observed the Supreme Court while holding that Section 33 of the Stamp Act does not empower the judge of the high court to direct the officer of the high court to enquire and to find out the nature and character of the document. The court was considering the question whether the relevant provision in the Stamp Act empowers the judge of the high court to direct the officer of the high court to enquire and to find out the nature and character of the document.