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Supreme Court seeks report after Madras High Court judge delivers judgments after his retirement
The Court was informed that although the operative portion of the judgment was delivered before the judge retired, the detailed judgment was made available on the website of the High Court only after the judge retired.
Published on:
03 Sep 2024, 1:50 pm
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday took cognisance of Justice T Mathivanan, a former judge of the Madras High Court, pronouncing detailed judgments after his retirement[State through the Inspector of Police CBI/ACB/Chennai v. S Murali Mohan and Another].
A Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih was informed that although the operative portion of the judgment was delivered before the judge retired, the detailed judgment was made available on the High Court website only after the judge demitted office.
Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih
The Court was hearing a challenge by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to quash of a disproportionate assets case.
This is not the first instance where Justice Mathivanan’s conduct has come under scrutiny by the apex court after his retirement in May 2017.
Previously, the Supreme Court had set aside a judgment of his after noting that the detailed portion of the judgment had been uploaded five months after his retirement.
Today, the Court was informed that apart from the present case, there were nine other cases where Justice Mathivanan had done so and the top court has passed orders.
Taking note, the Court called for a detailed report from Registrar General of Madras High Court. It specifically sought clarification on the following:
- When the single-line order was pronounced and when the detailed order was uploaded;
- Whether there was any administrative direction from the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court regarding de novo hearings in the nine cases where a similar issue of delayed detailed judgments occurred after Justice Mathivanan’s retirement.
Advocates Nachiketa Joshi, Swati Ghildiyal, Praneet Pranav, Satvika Thakur, Mukesh Kumar Maroria and Arvind Kumar Sharma, appeared for the State.
Senior Advocate Siddharth Luth