New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday took a serious view of an accusation that an urgent case filed over 10 days ago had not yet been listed due to a lapse by the SC registry.A vacation bench of CJI Surya Kant and justice V Mohana was informed by an advocate that an urgent matter which was filed on June 8 had not been listed yet as certain papers were allegedly misplaced by the registry.Taking a serious note of the submission, CJI Kant orally remarked: "If our registry is misplacing urgent files, then do you think I will leave it at that?" He added that he will take up the matter and fix accountability.CJI Kant directed that a formal complaint be immediately submitted by the advocate-on-record, assuring that he will take up the matter.
CJI vows to fix accountability for misplacing files in registry
The Supreme Court has taken a serious view of an accusation that an urgent case filed over ten days ago has not yet been listed. An advocate informed the court that certain papers were allegedly misplaced by the SC registry. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant remarked that he will fix accountability for this lapse.
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