Public servant kept in custody for over 48 hours is deemed suspended: SC

The Supreme Court has said a public servant who is arrested and remains in judicial custody for more than 48 hours is treated as automatically suspended. It said this while restoring bail to Vishwajeet Singh, an administrator at a Bihar government hospital, who is accused of demanding a bribe of ₹4,000 to clear a contractual worker's pending wages of ₹36,421.