Fraud On Court: Telangana High Court Directs Registry To Lodge Complaint In Matter Of Fabricated Court Orders
The Telangana High Court had earlier directed the Registrar (Judicial-I) to conduct a detailed enquiry to verify the genuineness or otherwise of the orders in question and submit a report.
The Telangana High Court has directed the Registry to lodge police complaint in a matter wherein reliance was placed on fabricated court orders in collateral proceedings in a 37 years old land dispute.
The Court was considering an Application filed to this regard.
The division bench of Justice T Vinod Kumar and Justice P Sree Sudha observed, "In view of the above, Registrar (Judicial-I) is hereby directed to lodge a complaint with the concerned police authority to cause detailed enquiry into the aforesaid aspects of the matter by initiating necessary action against the concerned involved in bringing on record the fabricated and forged orders, thereby playing fraud on the Court and interfering with the administration of justice."
The Appellant was represented by Additional Advocate General T. Rajanikanth Reddy while the Respondent was represented by Senior Advocate Dama Seshadri Naidu.
The Court had earlier directed the Registrar (Judicial-I) to conduct a detailed enquiry to verify the genuineness or otherwise of the orders in question and submit a report. On going through the report, it noted that Justice N.D. Padnaik was elevated to Bench only on December 28th, 1988, and therefore the order in Application No.533 of 1988 could not have been passed on April 29th, 1988.
It also noted that the Writ Petition vide W.P. No.28734 of 1996 was not registered on the file. The Court thus concluded that the orders are fabricated and directed for Police complaint to be filed by the Registry.
"Further, taking note of the fact that similar two complaints having been lodged earlier, this Court is of the view that the State Government should be directed to constitute a Special Team to investigate into the present complaint directed to be lodged by the Registrar (Judicial-I) along with the earlier two complaints registered vide FIR No.43 of 2024 and 176 of 2024 of Charminar police station expeditiously, so that further course of action can be taken in the matter," the Court observed.
Case No.- CMA. No.76 of 2025
Appearances:
Petitioner- Additional Advocate General T. Rajanikanth Reddy
Respondent- Senior Advocate Dama Seshadri Naidu, Advocate Jyothi Eswar Gogineni
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