The Supreme Court of India set aside a Calcutta High Court order cancelling eight-year-old bail, calling it a perverse and illegal use of revisional powers. It said High Courts must act as guardians and avoid disparaging remarks against judicial officers.
The Supreme Court of India acknowledged the significant pressure on judges, leading to inevitable errors, during a ruling on adverse remarks made against a Delhi judicial officer. Despite a target to raise the judge-to-population ratio to 50 per million by 2024, it remains below 25, highlighting the burden on the judiciary.
The Delhi High Court expunged certain adverse observations made by a trial court against the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The Court found that the trial court’s comments regarding ED’s IO and the ED’s functioning were unjustified, adding that such remarks have a “deleterious effect” on a public servant’s career.
