Practice Of Summoning Officers To Court Is Not Proper, Says SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

10 April 2019 5:33 PM IST

"The summoning of officers to the court to attend proceedings impinges upon the functioning of the officers and eventually it is the public at large who suffer on account of their absence from the duties assigned to them."

The Supreme Court has observed that practice of summoning officers to court is not proper and does not serve the purpose of administration of justice in view of the separation of powers of the Executive and the Judiciary. The bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Hemant Gupta observed thus in an appeal, while noticing that numerous orders were passed by the High...

Practice Of Summoning Officers To Court Is Not Proper, Says SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"The summoning of officers to the court to attend proceedings impinges upon the functioning of the officers and eventually it is the public at large who suffer on account of their absence from the duties assigned to them."

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