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2024 (9) TMI 1736 - HC - Indian LawsTaking suo-motu cognizance on the newspaper item published in Hindustan Times - Stay on order passed by the learned Single judge - HELD THAT - The Apex Court also took suo-motu cognizance of the same issue and vide final order passed on 07.08.2024 disposed of Suo Motu Writ (Civil) No. 8 of 2024 2024 (8) TMI 1557 - SUPREME COURT (LB) has held that this Court in the exercise of its affirmative obligations as the custodian of the adjudicatory process would be failing in its duty if it were not to intervene by expunging the remarks which were made in the order dated 17 July 2024. The observations in the order dated 17 July 2024 are accordingly expunged with an expression of caution. We hope that it would not be necessary for this Court to intervene any such matter in the future either in relation to the same Judge or any other Judge in the country. In view of the aforesaid since the Apex Court has taken note of the issue involved herein and passed the order expunging the remarks made by the learned Single Judge in the order dated 17.07.2024 this Court deems it appropriate to draw curtains to the controversy. The petition stands dismissed as having rendered infructuous.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court, through Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, suo-motu took cognizance of a newspaper report concerning remarks by a Single Judge in order dated 17.07.2024. The High Court stayed that order on 07.08.2024. Concurrently, the Supreme Court also suo-motu addressed the issue in Suo Motu Writ (Civil) No. 8 of 2024, ultimately disposing of the matter with key observations: "We are not inclined to issue notice to the Single judge... Doing so would place the judge in a situation of being subject to a judicial adjudication or inquiry by this Court, which we are inclined to desist from doing, at this stage. However... we would be failing in its duty if it were not to intervene by expunging the remarks... The observations... are accordingly expunged with an expression of caution."Given the Supreme Court's intervention and expungement of the remarks, the High Court dismissed the petition as infructuous, thereby "drawing curtains to the controversy."
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