New Delhi, July 24 -- "Perverse exercise of judicial discretion"

The Supreme Court (SC) this morning reserved its order on the Karnataka Government's plea seeking cancellation of bail granted by the Karnataka High Court (HC) to actor Darshan and others accused in Renukaswamy murder case. A Division Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan reserved the verdict after hearing arguments from both sides and directed lawyers representing some of accused to file written submissions within a week.

The Bench pulled up HC for how bail was granted, questioning whether judicial discretion was applied judiciously. "We are sorry to say, but does HC dictate the same kind of orders in all bail applications?" the Bench asked. "What's troubling ...