Supreme Court Orders Inquiry Into Missing Record Of Proceedings From Case Paperbook; Notes There's A 'Trend'

The Supreme Court today ordered its Secretary General to conduct a fact-finding inquiry into the issue of missing Record of Proceedings/Order Sheets from case paperbooks.

"This has become common everyday that we find all material ROPs from the paperbooks are missing. A trend which is being followed by the Registry. It seems to be a deliberate attempt for some obvious reasons. In the case at hand also, the order dated 8 September 2025 is the one which gives way forward but the same is conspicuously missing", noted a bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi.

The bench directed the Secretary General to hold a fact finding inquiry and submit a report to the CJI on administrative side. The development came while the bench was dealing with a case pertaining to the proposed Goa Tiger Reserve.

Case Title: THE STATE OF GOA THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY AND ORS. Versus THE GOA FOUNDATION AND ORS., SLP(C) No. 20683/2023