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Supreme Court Judgement: The bench of the apex court said that on August 20, considering the case, it had sought a report from the Registrar General of the High Court.
Supreme Court Judgement: The Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over the delay in uploading the order to dismiss the anticipatory bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The Supreme Court ordered the seizure of the Steno Book. Taking cognizance of the case, the Supreme Court has directed that the Steno Book of the Judge’s Secretary should be confiscated to find out when the order was typed and when it was corrected. A bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Vijay Bishnoi said that the order was on 31 July 2025 and was not uploaded on the High Court website till 20 August. He said that a prudent investigation should be conducted and reports should be collected from the National Informatics Center (NIC) about type and uploading of the order. The bench of the apex court said that on August 20, considering the case, it had sought a report from the Registrar General of the High Court.
Sought clarification from secretary
Hearing the case on August 29, the bench said that it seems from the report that the Registrar General had sought clarification from the judge’s secretary on 22 August. It said that the secretary responded on 22 August. The apex court said that the secretary had not responded at the time of uploading the order, except that the judges were undergoing some medical procedure and surgery between August 1 to August 20. The bench said that the order was uploaded on the date of submission of clarification by the secretary. However, he himself mentioned this fact. The bench said that it seems that the order was not passed on 31 July, but in fact, it was passed after the order of the Supreme Court. The Steno Book of the Secretary should be seized and it should be ascertained on which date the order was typed and corrected on the PC.
Order not to take punitive steps against the petitioner
The Supreme Court said that a prudent investigation should be conducted and the PC report should be obtained from NIC regarding typing and uploading, and it should be filed on the affidavit. The bench passed this order while hearing a petition filed against a person’s advance bail. The bench issued notice to all the states including the state of Haryana and set the hearing of the case after four weeks. The bench directed that in the meantime, no punitive steps should be taken against the petitioner in relation to the FIR lodged in Faridabad as an interim measure, provided that the petitioner should cooperate in the investigation. The petitioner had told the Supreme Court on August 20 that the order passed by the High Court on 31 July was not uploaded on its website.
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