Is magistrate & dm same

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 07 June 2020 This query is : Resolved
Dear Experts,
Kindly let me know is Magistrate & DM same,

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No, a Magistrate and a District Magistrate (DM) are not the same in India. Magistrates are divided into Executive Magistrates, responsible for law and order, and Judicial Magistrates, who preside over criminal courts. The District Magistrate (DM) is the chief Executive Magistrate for a district and is typically the District Collector, overseeing subordinate executive magistrates.

Sudhir Kumar, Advocate (Expert) 08 June 2020
come with problem faced.

P. Venu (Expert) 08 June 2020
What is the problem and the context, if any?

R.K Nanda (Expert) 08 June 2020
No, they are not same

K Rajasekharan (Expert) 08 June 2020
Magistrates are of two kinds:

one is “Executive Magistrate” who is responsible for maintenance of law and order and tranquility as per chapter 10 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), and

the other is Judicial Magistrate who presides over the criminal court and carries out its criminal judicial functions.

District Magistrate, called as DM, is chief Executive Magistrate in the district. This function is normally assigned to the District Collector. He will have Additional and Subordinate Executive Magistrates under him to perform such functions.

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Raj Kumar Makkad (Expert) 08 June 2020
This is an academic discussion having no sense at all in this section of the site.

Rajendra K Goyal (Expert) 08 June 2020
Agree with the reply from expert K. Rajasekharan for this academic query.

Dr J C Vashista (Expert) 09 June 2020
Academic exercise should be solved by your tutor.

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