Supreme Court of India

Awani Kumar Upadhyay v. The Honble High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 3 S.C.R. 416
Bench P. Sathasivam and Jagdish Singh Khehar JJ.
Decided 13 February 2013

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We hold that the adverse remarks made against the appellant were neither justified nor called for.

Judgment, page 10

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Judiciary - Strictures against judicial officer - Propriety of - Held: Legal system acknowledges fallibility of the Judges, hence provides for appeals and revisions - Remarks/ observations and strictures against lower judicial officers should be avoided particularly when the officer has no occasion to put forth his reasonings - In the instant case, in view of the facts, strictures against the judicial officer not justified. The High Court, while allowing a second appeal, passed severe strictures against the appellant, who was a judicial officer, and had decided the additional issues in the

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