New Delhi: What is in a name? A lot when it comes to judicial proceedings as a typo error in the name of an accused led to the release of another from jail, drawing a warning from Delhi High Court to trial courts.
In order to check repeat of such instance like this, the Delhi High Court on Friday warned trial judges of adverse consequences for their career prospects if they continue to commit such mistakes.
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"It would be treated in future, if this happens that the Judge is callous, warranting an adverse remark or entry in the service record," a bench headed by Justice Pradeep Nandrajog said while pointing to a recent case in which a accused was released from jail after his name was figured out in an order of a trial Judge instead of another accused due to spelling mistakes.
"Computerization does not mean that the trial judge does not have to cross-check the names in the transcripts," the court said.
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The Court said it should be brought to the notice of all lower court judges that such mistakes would not be taken lightly.
"We direct that a copy of this decision would be sent to the District and Sessions Judge, Delhi, who would circulate the same to all judges in the various district courts highlighting that typographic errors in the names of the witnesses, accused or other persons, should not occur with the frequency with which we are noticing the errors," the court said.
