India, Sept. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday, September 1 said the Bombay High Court was "fully justified" in taking suo motu cognisance of the assault on doctors at a municipal hospital in Thane district and staying the bail granted to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, one of the accused.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Augustine George Masih and Sandeep Mehta also observed that those who attack doctors do not deserve bail.

The observations came while the bench was hearing pleas, including one filed by Mhatre, challenging orders passed by the high court in the case.

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

On July 18...