India, Sept. 2 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Bombay High Court was "fully justified" in taking suo motu cognisance and staying the bail granted by a trial court to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, accused of assaulting doctors at a municipal hospital in Thane district in July.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Augustine George Masih and Sandeep Mehta also observed that those attacking doctors do not deserve bail. The observations came from the bench which was hearing the pleas, including the one filed by Mhatre, challenging the orders of the high court.

Mhatre, a corporator of the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC), has challenged the conditions imposed by the high court while granting bail.

On July 18, taking su...