Supreme Court Orders CBI Probe Into Advocate’s Alleged Fake B.Com Degree

The matter came before the Bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan after the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana filed Interlocutory Application No. 161167/2025, seeking permission to place on record additional documents.

Among these documents, Annexure A-3 contained a letter from the Controller of Examinations of Magadh University stating that the petitioner’s mark-sheet and degree certificate, allegedly issued for passing the B.Com (Accounts) Honours examination in August 1991, were found to be forged. The letter explicitly mentioned that the documents were not issued by the University.

Pursuant to an earlier order dated August 1, 2025, the Supreme Court had directed the petitioner to file photocopies of the degrees under which he claimed to be a graduate in Commerce and Law.

The petitioner submitted a photocopy of the B.Com (Honours) degree allegedly issued to him in August 1991. However, the Respondent’s counsel drew attention to the university’s report in Annexure A-3, asserting that the degree and mark-sheet were forged.

The petitioner, on the other hand, contended that the university’s records were torn and therefore the degree may not be verifiable from the available documentation, citing Annexure A-2 to the Interlocutory Application.

Observing the conflicting claims, the Court noted that an issue regarding the veracity of the degree had arisen and deemed it appropriate to refer the matter to the CBI, Delhi, for a detailed investigation. "Be that as it may, as an issue regarding veracity of a degree has arisen, we deem it appropriate to require the Central Bureau of Investigation, Delhi to do the investigation and ascertain whether the degree set up by the Petitioner of having passed the B.Com examination from Magadh University in the year 1991 is genuine or forged," the Court said.

The Court directed the CBI Director to depute an officer to investigate the authenticity of the B.Com degree purportedly issued to the petitioner by Magadh University in 1991 and submit a report by November 30, 2025.

The matter has been listed for further hearing along with the CBI report on December 9, 2025.

"Let a copy of this Order be sent to the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, Delhi who shall depute an officer to investigate into the above issue and submit report by or before 30.11.2025. List this matter along with the report on 09.12.2025," it said.