The Allahabad High Court has reprimanded the CGST Assistant Commissioner for citing judgements with judge’s names in affidavit.
The bench of Justice Samit Gopal has directed that names of the Judges are not mentioned while referring the judgments and it is only the names of the parties, date of decision, the details of the case/citation and the relevant text are relevant which needs to be quoted and not the names of the Judges.
The bench referred to the counter affidavit in which the deponent officer while relying on numerous judgments of the Supreme Court and High Court has referred to a judgment in the case of Ram Narain Popli Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation on 14.01.2023 and after the same he has mentioned the names of Hon’ble Judges of the Apex Court who have decided the said case.The deponent mentioned the names of the Judges of the Apex Court Presiding over the Bench in the matter. This system of mentioning the names of Judges while giving reference to the judgments is totally uncalled for.
The court directed the the Registrar (Compliance) to communicate this order to the District and Sessions Judge, Gautam Budh Nagar and the court concerned for information, compliance and necessary action and also to the Director General Central Goods and Service Tax, Commissionerate, Gurugram for further transmission to the officer for being cautious in future.
CASE DETAILS
Case Title: Alice Lee @ Li Tengli Versus UOI
Case No.: Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. – 41710 Of 2025
Date: 09/02/2026
Counsel For Petitioner: Jitendra Kumar Srivastava
Counsel For Respondent: A.S.G.I., Dhananjay Awasthi
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