The Supreme Court underlined that public officials should not be summoned to court unless absolutely necessary. The bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta disapproved the practise of High Courts of summoning officers at the drop of a hat and exerting direct or indirect pressure. While hearing an appeal against an Allahabad High
SC Strongly Condemns Unnecessary Summoning of Public Officer by All HC; Says “Judges Must Not Act Like Emperors”
