Pending Trials against MPs & MLAs: Conduct, on part of officers, State & CBI, of not submitting reports prior to date fixed,is totally unacceptable: P&H HC

Read Order: Court on its own Motion v. State of Punjab & ors 

LE Correspondent

Chandigarh, November 10, 2021:  In the resumed hearing of the case pertaining to pending trials against MPs and MLAs, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that despite a detailed order having been passed on October 25, 2021, wherein State of Punjab, Haryana, Enforcement Directorate as well as CBI were called upon to submit their reports, but it was unfortunate that the said reports were not submitted prior to the date fixed. 

The Division Bench of Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice Sandeep Moudgil while expressing the discontent, opined that the same had been now received in Court giving no time for the Amicus Curiae to go through the same or the Court and this conduct on the part of the officers and two States as well as CBI was totally unacceptable.

The Bench also clearly mentioned that it was for the last time that the Court was accommodating by taking these additional affidavits/reports on record.

The Court also directed that the Amicus Curiae be also supplied the copies of these affidavits.

Listing the matter for consideration on November 11, 2021, the Bench also directed the Registry to place the same at appropriate stage and page mark, accordingly.