SC: In-person summons to govt officer just in extraordinary cases

KOLKATA: Supreme Court, overruling a Calcutta High Court order, has stated a govt officer ought to be summoned to appear in court just in extraordinary cases, that too after very first organizing a hearing through video-conference, and after the court records why an individual look is needed. State govt had actually challenged in Supreme Court a Calcutta HC order on March 13, in which a department bench had actually purchased the South Dinajpur SP to personally appear before it on March 14 to describe specific omissions in a report submitted by him in a narcotics and import tax case. The range from Balurghat (head office of South Dinajpur) to Kolkata is 434.5 km. On Monday (Apr 22), the SC bench – of justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta – stated the very first look of an SP in court needed to be through video-conferencing, if the HC considered it needed to summon him. The bench then quashed the part of the HC’s order seeking his individual look, stating the factors pointed out by the HC for such a look “can not be stated to be remarkable and uncommon”. The SC bench likewise repeated an earlier judgment, in which it had actually set a standard procedure for HCs. The SC had actually stated, “We feel it is time to restate that public offi
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