India, June 10 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday took serious exception to the constant threats and attacks faced by former Bombay high court judge, justice (retd) Gautam Patel and his family observing that no judge can pass any judgment if they are openly threatened for their verdicts.

A bench of justices Satish Chandra Sharma and Sanjeev Sachdeva said, "We read in the newspapers that judges who are passing judgments are facing threats. No judge can pass any judgment this way."

The court passed the observation while hearing a bail plea by a habitual offender who attacked the residence of a district judge in Madhya Pradesh's Anuppur district for denying him bail in a separate criminal case.

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