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Justice Saraf noticed that an employee of GAIL was recording the entire proceedings secretly on his mobile phone without prior permission. He held it "unacceptable"
Justice Shekhar B. Saraf of the Allahabad High Court recently refused to hear a case after discovering that a person connected to the involved parties was clandestinely recording the entire court proceedings using a mobile phone.
Before the court, a sales/trade tax revision plea was placed concerning a case between Gail India Ltd and the Commissioner Of Commercial Taxes.
During the court proceedings, the judge noticed that an employee of GAIL was recording the entire proceedings secretly.
Justice Saraf held it "unacceptable" and deprecated the same. He said,
"The manner in which the gentleman, a senior executive of M/s GAIL India Limited, was recording the proceedings, without having taken prior permission from the Court, is not at all acceptable and the practice is deprecated, to say the least."
Further, taking a stern view, Justice Saraf refused to hear the case and released it. He ordered,
"I am not inclined to take up this matter and five other matters in relation to the same petitioner (STRE Nos.45 of 2024, 46 of 2024, 47 of 2024, 48 of 2024 and 49 of 2024) and the same are released."
Furthermore, the judge directed the matter to be placed before the Chief Justice for appropriate orders.
Case Title: M/S Gail India Ltd v. Commissioner Of Commercial Taxes
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