Directions by Supreme Court – Recall /deletion of – Vide order dated 04.08.2025, this Court set aside the impugned judgment of the High Court of Allahabad wherein the concerned Judge had declined to quash the criminal complaint despite the matter being a purely civil dispute of recovery of money and held that the remedy of the civil suit for the said purpose was unreasonable – Matter was remanded back to High Court and directions were issued requesting the Chief Justice of the High Court to withdraw the criminal roster from the concerned Judge till his retirement and make him sit in a Division Bench with a senior judge – Letter from the Chief Justice of India requesting to reconsider the aforesaid directions: Held: Intention was not to cause embarrassment or cast aspersions on the concerned Judge – Directions were issued keeping in mind that the impugned order was not the only erroneous and perverse order of the concerned Judge that was looked into for the first time rather, many such erroneous orders had come up over a period of time – It was not just a matter of error or mistake committed by the Judge concerned in appreciating the legal points or facts however, this Court was concerned about the appropriate direction to be issued in the interest of justice and to protect the honour and dignity of the institution – However, in due deference to the written request made by the Chief Justice of India, directions in paras 25 and 26 deleted from order dated 04.08.2025. [Paras 4, 6, 7] Justice delivery system – Judiciary – Honour and dignity of – Protection of – Duty of Courts/Judges. [Paras 6, 11, 12]
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